Work, as we usually think of it, is energy expended for a further end in view; play is energy expended for its own sake, as with children's play, or as manifestation of the end or goal of work, as in "playing" chess or the piano. Play in this sense, then, is the fulfillment of work, the exhibition of what the work has been done for.

A person who knows nothing about literature may be an ignoramus, but many people don't mind being that.

The simplest questions are the hardest to answer.

Advertising - a judicious mixture of flattery and threats.

Americans like to make money, Canadians like to count it.

I soon realized that a student of English literature who does not know the Bible does not understand a good deal of what is going on in what he reads: The most conscientous student will be continually misconstruing the implications, even the meaning.

I don't see how the study of language and literature can be separated from the question of free speech, which we all know is fundamental to our society.