Every important change in our society, for the good, at least, has taken place because of popular pressure-pressure from below, from the great mass of people.

It's all still there in heart and soul. The walk, the hills, the sky, the solitary pain and pleasure-they will grow larger, sweeter, lovelier in the days and years to come.

There's nothing so obscene and depressing as an American Christmas.

Grand opera is a form of musical entertainment for people who hate music.

There are two kinds of people I cannot abide: bigots and any well-organized ethnic group.

Longevity, like intelligence and good looks and health and strength of character, is largely a matter of genetic heritage. Choose your parents with care.

An economic system which can only expand or expire must be false to all that is human.