Genius is fine for the ignition spark, but to get there someone has to see that the radiator doesn't leak and no tire is flat.

I don't approve of open fires. You can't think, or talk or even make love in front of a fireplace. All you can do is stare at it.

If your ego is in good shape you will pretend you're surprised if a National Chairman calls you to tell you his party wants to nominate you for President of the United States, but you're not really surprised.

Everyone has something they don't want anyone to see; that is one of the functions of a home, to provide a spot to keep such things.

[A] pessimist gets nothing but pleasant surprises, an optimist nothing but unpleasant.

I still can't decide which is more fun - reading or writing.

We are all vainer of our luck than of our merits.