As I write, there is a craze for what is called psychoanalysis, or the cure of diseases by explaining to the patient what is the matter with him: an excellent plan if you happen to know what is the matter with him, especially when the explanation is that there is nothing the matter with him.

Life's no brief candle-it's a splendid torch!

The first condition of progress is the removal of censorship.

Whenever an obviously well founded statement is made in England by a person specially well acquainted with the facts, that unlucky person is instantly and frantically contradicted by all the people who obviously know nothing about it.

You can rave about Stravinsky without the slightest risk of being classified as a lunatic by the next generation .

Decency cannot be discussed without indecency!

With the exception of capitalism, there is nothing so revolting as revolution.