Henry James would have been vastly improved as a novelist by a few whiffs of the Chicago stockyard.
H. L. MenckenWhat we need in this country is a general improvement in eating. We have the best raw materials in the world, both quantitatively and qualitatively, but most of them are ruined in the process of preparing them for the table.
H. L. MenckenIt is a peculiarity of the American mind that it regards any excursion into the truth as an adventure into cynicism.
H. L. MenckenI have little belief in human progress. The human race is incurably idiotic. It will never be happy.
H. L. Mencken