As between the intolerable and the merely distasteful, I must choose the latter.

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.

I like to walk around Manhattan, catching glimpses of its wild life, the pigeons and cats and girls.

The brain can be hoodwinked but not the stomach.

Only fools and philosophers waste time on the unknowable.

To say that a man is a reasoning animal is a very different thing than to say that most of man's decisions are based on his rational process. That I don't believe at all.

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.