Fame: an embalmer trembling with stage fright.
Puccini - silver macaroni, exquisitely tangled.
Human progress is furthered, not by conformity, but by aberration.
The central difficulty lies in the fact that all of the sciences have made such great progress during the last century that they have got quite beyond the reach of man
The only way to success in American public life lies in flattering and kowtowing to the mob
Capitalism undoubtedly has certain boils and blotches upon it, but has it as many as government? Has it as many as marriage? Has it as many as religion? I doubt it. It is the only basic institution of modern man that shows any genuine health and vigor.