It is almost as safe to assume that an artist of any dignity is against his country, i.e., against the environment in which God hath placed him, as it is to assume that his country is against the artist.

Whenever A annoys or injures B on the pretense of saving or improving X, A is a scoundrel.

New York is the place where all the aspirations of the western world meet to form one vast master aspiration, as powerful as the suction of a steam dredge. It is the icing on the pie called Christian civilization.

All government, in its essence, is a conspiracy against the superior man: its one permanent object is to oppress him and cripple him.

The Public ... demands certainties ... But there are not certainties

If I had my way, any man guilty of golf would be ineligible for any office of trust in the United States.

I believe that religion, generally speaking, has been a curse to mankind - that its modest and greatly overestimated services on the ethical side have been more than overcome by the damage it has done to clear and honest thinking.