It is not enough to show people how to live better; there is a mandate for any group with enormous powers of communication to show people how to be better.

In the race for money some men may come first, but man comes last.

Artists never make wars. They are too busy making life out of the matter of their visions.

Is there no end to this escalation of desire?

The New York voice reflects its diversity, its foreignness, and, inevitably, the sense of superiority New Yorkers feel or come to feel. It says, without saying, We Know.

If American men are obsessed with money, American women are obsessed with weight. The men talk of gain, the women talk of loss, and I do not know which talk is the more boring.

Ribbons a-flutter and orchids a-tremble, Yearly the vigilant Daughters assemble, Affirming in fervid and firm resolutions Their permanent veto on all revolutions.