In a man's middle years there is scarcely a part of the body he would hesitate to turn over to the proper authorities.

The world organization debates disarmament in one room and, in the next room, moves the knights and pawns that make national arms imperative.

We grow tyrannical fighting tyranny. . . . The most alarming spectacle today is not the spectacle of the atomic bomb in an unfederated world, it is the spectacle of the Americans beginning to accept the device of loyalty oaths and witch hunts, beginning to call anybody they don't like a Communist.

It isn't silence you can cut with a knife any more, it's interchange of ideas. Intelligent discussion of practically everything is what is breaking up modern marriage.

Although there is no substitute for merit in writing, clarity comes closest to being one.

Extreme cold when it first arrives seems to generate cheerfulness and sociability. For a few hours all life's dubious problems are dropped in favor of the clear and congenial task of keeping alive.

Whatever else an American believes or disbelieves about himself, he is absolutely sure he has a sense of humor.