To lead means to direct and to exact, and no man dares do either - he might be unpopular. What authority we are given now is a trinity: the grin, the generality, and God (the Word).

I don't think the advertisers have any real idea of their power not only to reflect but to mould society.

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

Everybody likes to see somebody else get caught for the vices practiced by themselves.

One is as one is, and the love that can't encompass both is a poor sort of love.

No man is a Christian who cheats his fellows, perverts the truth, or speaks of a "clean bomb" yet he will be the first to make public his faith in God.

flirtation ... is a graceful salute to sex, a small impermanent spark between one human being and another, between a man and a woman not in need of fire.