Monotony has nothing to do with a place; monotony, either in its sensation or its infliction, is simply the quality of a person. There are no dreary sights; there are only dreary sight seers.

The pure modernist is merely a snob; he cannot bear to be a month behind the fashion.

War is not the best way of settling differences; it is the only way of preventing their being settled for you.

We can be almost certain of being wrong about the future, if we are wrong about the past.

Do not be proud of the fact that your grandmother was shocked at something which your are accustomed to seeing or hearing without being shocked. ... It may be that your grandmother was an extremely lively and vital animal and that you are a paralytic.

There are no boring subjects, only disinterested minds.

The most poetical thing in the world is not being sick.