Democracy is itself, a religious faith. For some it comes close to being the only formal religion they have.
We stand or fall by television.
Television should be our Lyceum, our Chautauqua, our Minsky's and our Camelot.
Half a man's life is devoted to what he calls improvements, yet the original had some quality which is lost in the process.
A good farmer is nothing more nor less than a handy man with a sense of humus.
The essayist . . . can pull on any sort of shirt, be any sort of person, according to his mood or his subject matter - philosopher, scold, jester, raconteur, confidant, pundit, devil's advocate, enthusiast.