The trouble with the public is that there is too much of it; what we need in public is less quantity and more quality.

If the world were not so full of people, and most of them did not have to work so hard, there would be more time for them to get out and lie on the grass, and there would be more grass for them to lie on.

An optimist is a guy that has never had much experience.

I suppose the human race is doing the best it can but hells bells thats only an explanation its not an excuse.

The most pleasant and useful persons are those who leave some of the problems of the universe for God to worry about.

Punctuality is one of the cardinal business virtues: always insist on it in your subordinates.

Publishing a volume of verse is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo.