The Talmud is to this day the circulating heart's blood of the Jewish religion. Whatever laws, customs or ceremonies we observe-whether we are orthodox, conservative, reform or merely spasmodic sentimentalists-we follow the Talmud. It is our common Law.

About the nicest thing God ever invented was alcohol. He's proud of it, too. The Bible's full of kind remarks about booze.

The American people are not cowardly. But, living in prosperous isolation, they have been the spoiled children of modern history.

The Talmud is to this day the circulating heart's blood of the Jewish religion. Whatever laws, customs or ceremonies we observe-whether we are orthodox, conservative, reform or merely spasmodic sentimentalists-we follow the Talmud. It is our common Law.

The President has a quick and able mind, though not everybody gives him that, not by a long shot.

I learned about machinery, I learned how men behaved under pressure, and I learned about Americans.

I try to write a certain amount each day, five days a week. A rule sometimes broken is better than no rule.