An orgy looks particularly alluring seen through the mists of righteous indignation.

Civilization - a heap of rubble scavenged by scrawny English Lit. vultures.

The pursuit of happiness, which American citizens are obliged to undertake, tends to involve them in trying to perpetuate the moods, tastes and aptitudes of youth.

I simply make this point, that the monarchy in so far, as it is identified with what is, in my opinion, an obsolete class structure, is making a mistake, and the task of those who are responsible for the conduct of the monarchical institution is to detach it from that class structure.

In the cycle of a great civilization, the artist begins as priest, and ends as a clown or buffoon.

I think that President [Dwight] Eisenhower was... did the most marvelous job in the war, not really a military job: a public relations job, and it was essential that there should be a public relations job done in the post that he had.

The Sputnik is just to me like a firework, a rocket, a new invention.