You cannot throw words like heroism and sacrifice and nobility and honor away without abandoning the qualities they express.

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

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

There is nothing harder to come by than detachment and solitude; and nothing more important.

Advertisers in general bear a large part of the responsibility for the deep feelings of inadequacy that drive women to psychiatrists, pills, or the bottle.

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.

In aid, the proper attitude is one omitting gratitude