About mistakes it's funny. You got to make your own; and not only that, if you try to keep people from making theirs they get mad.

Roast Beef, Medium, is not only a food. It is a philosophy. ... Roast Beef, Medium, is safe, and sane, and sure.

No one in the United States has the right to own millions of acres of American land, I don't care how they came by it.

A writer's working hours are his waking hours. He is working as long as he is conscious and frequently when he isn't.

The small town smart set is deadly serious about its smartness.

I am not belittling the brave pioneer men but the sunbonnet as well as the sombrero has helped to settle this glorious land of ours.

To be alive is a fine thing. It is the finest thing in the world, though hazardous. It is a unique thing. It happens only once in a lifetime. To be alive, to know consciously that you are alive, and to relish that knowledge -- this is a kind of magic. Or it may be a kind of madness, exhilarating but harmless.