Things on the whole are much faster in America; people don't 'stand for election', they 'run for office.'

Objectivity? I've always had an objective.

Objectivity? I always have an objective.

Knowing few children of my age with whom to compare notes, I envied the children of literature to whom interesting things were always happening.

I discovered that Human Nature was not, as I had always supposed, a fixed and unalterable entity, that wars are not caused by a natural urge in men to fight, that ownership of land and factories is not necessarily the natural reward of greater wisdom and energy.

I have nothing against undertakers personally. It's just that I wouldn't want one to bury my sister.

Picking other people's brains is an art worth cultivating.