television and radio violence was considered by most experts of minimal importance as a contributory cause of youthful killing. ... there were always enough experts to assure the public that crime and violence had nothing to do with crime and violence.

the car, by bisecting the human outline, diminishes it, producing a race of half-people in a motion not of their own making

Women are repeatedly accused of taking things personally. I cannot see any other honest way of taking them.

In aid, the proper attitude is one omitting gratitude

on Broadway money rules. Like a host of vultures, the ticket brokers, the speculators, the craft unions, the agents, the backers, the real estate owners move in on the creative body and take their bite. The world of dreams breathes in an iron lung; and without this mechanical pumping it dies.

It is television's primary damage that it provides ten million children with the same fantasy, ready-made and on a platter.

A high standard of living is usually accompanied by a low standard of thinking.