Cynicism is the other thing that goes with sentimentality.

War is only an invention, not a biological necessity.

Grandparents are given a second chance to enjoy parenthood with fewer of its tribulations and anxieties.

I have spent most of my life studying the lives of other peoples - faraway peoples - so that Americans might better understand themselves.

The capacity for friendship usually goes with highly developed civilizations. The ability to cultivate people differs by culture and class; but on the whole, educated people have more ways to make friends... . In England, for instance, you find everyone in your class has read the same books. Here, people grope for something in common-like a newly engaged girl who came to me and said, "It's absolutely wonderful! His uncle and my cousin were on the same football team.

to the extent that either sex is disadvantaged, the whole culture is poorer, and the sex that, superficially, inherits the earth, inherits only a very partial legacy. The more whole the culture, the more whole each member, each man, each woman, each child will be.

If sports are the toy department of life, then the NFL is the FAO Schwartz of sports.