We all know that the theater and every play that comes to Broadway have within themselves, like the human being, the seed of self-destruction and the certainty of death. The thing is to see how long the theater, the play, and the human being can last in spite of themselves.

The paths of glory at least lead to the Grave, but the paths of duty may not get you Anywhere.

The past is an old armchair in the attic, the present an ominous ticking sound, and the future is anybody's guess.

The animals that depend on instinct have an inherent knowledge of the laws of economics and of how to apply them; Man, with his powers of reason, has reduced economics to the level of a farce which is at once funnier and more tragic than Tobacco Road.

The whole of Paris is a vast university of Art, Literature and Music... it is worth anyone's while to dally here for years. Paris is a seminar, a post-graduate course in everything.

Let us not look back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around in awareness.

Man is troubled by what might be called the Dog Wish, a strange and involved compulsion to be as happy and carefree as a dog