Flirtation is merely an expression of considered desire coupled with an admission of its impracticability.

Timing and arrogance are decisive factors in the successful use of talent.

It is privilege of living to be acutely, agonizingly conscious of the moment that is always present and always passing.

Slowly the wasters and despoilers are impoverishing our land, our nature, and our beauty, so that there will not be one beach, one hill, one lane, one meadow, one forest free from the debris of man and the stigma of his improvidence.

In our society those who are in reality superior in intelligence can be accepted by their fellows only if they pretend they are not.

Lie down and listen to the crabgrass grow.

An American who can make money, invoke God, and be no better than his neighbor, has nothing to fear but truth itself.