I find nothing more depressing than optimism.

Every war is ironic because every war is worse than expected. Every war constitutes an irony of situation because its means are so melodramatically disproportionate to its presumed ends.

Wars damage the civilian society as much as they damage the enemy. Soldiers never get over it.

Americans are the only people in the world known to me whose status anxiety prompts them to advertise their college and university affiliations in the rear window of their automobiles.

The simple is carefully shunned by those who labour to seem what they would be.

The balls used in top class games are generally smaller than those used in others.

Understanding the past requires pretending that you don't know the present.