America, my country, is almost a continent and hardly yet a nation.

The intellect is a very nice whirligig toy, but how people take it seriously is more than I can understand.

The only thing one can give an artist is leisure in which to work. To give an artist leisure is actually to take part in his creation.

Real education must ultimately be limited to men who insist on knowing, the rest is mere sheep-herding.

When two men in business always agree, one of them is unnecessary.

A classic is classic not because it conforms to certain structural rules, or fits certain definitions It is classic because of a certain eternal and irrepressible freshness.

Literature is news that stays news.