They [the English] have a special word, "civil," for what is elsewhere merely ordinary politeness.

The cruelest thing that has happened to Lincoln since he was shot by Booth was to fall into the hands of Carl Sandburg.

The great mistake about Europe is taking the countries seriously and letting them quarrel and drop bombs on one another.

Only the curious will learn and only the resolute will overcome the obstacles to learning. The quest quotient has always excited me more than the intelligence quotient.

Every work of art is a trick by which the artist manipulates appearances.

It is certainly very hard to write about sex in English without making it unattractive.

I really can't stand any more to pay for a burst of animation when someone comes in for drinks with a depressed and low-keyed next day, in which I have to go around on my hands and knees.