The sign of an intelligent people is their ability to control their emotions by the application of reason.

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

Hoary idea, in any case, expecting a woman to surrender her name to her husband's in exchange for his. Why? Would any man submerge his identity and heritage to the woman he wed?

The ultimate cynicism is to suspend judgment so that you are not judged.

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

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.

To be at peace with self, to find company and nourishment in self-this would be the test of the free and productive psyche.