Those tragic comedians, the Chamber of Commerce red hunters, the Women's Christian Temperance Union smellers, the censors of books, the Klan regulators, the Methodist prowlers, the Baptist guardians of sacred vessels-we have the national mentality of a police lieutenant.

The worshiper is the father of the gods.

At eight or nine, I suppose intelligence is no more than a small spot of light on the floor of a large and murky room.

Economic independence is the foundation of the only sort of freedom worth a damn

The worst of marriage is that it makes a woman believe that all men are just as easy to fool.

There are two kinds of music; German music and bad music.

The most satisfying and ecstatic faith is almost purely agnostic. It trusts absolutely without professing to know at all.