My mother would thump me sharply on the head with a thimble or a spoon if I became too noisy with the whistle when I was playing I was a steamboat captain. She had no sense of the dignity of command.

Art is like a border of flowers along the course of civilization.

Keep your baby eyes (which are the eyes of genius) on what we don't know

If my father could watch my son for a while, he might realize his own immortality.

The spirit of graft and of lawlessness is the American spirit.

Chicago will give you a chance. The sporting spirit is the spirit of Chicago.

I am really puzzled to understand myself.