Millions of American women, and some men, commit that outrage every summer day. They are turning a superb treat into mere provender. Shucked and boiled in water, sweet corn is edible and nutritious; roasted in the husk in the hottest possible oven for forty minutes, shucked at the table, and buttered and salted, nothing else, it is ambrosia. No chef’s ingenuity and imagination have ever created a finer dish. American women should themselves be boiled in water.

I have a strong moral sense - by my standards.

Labels are for the things men make, not for men. The most primitive man is too complex to be labeled.

It is always wiser, where there is a choice, to trust inertia. It is the greatest force in the world.

As I understand it, a born executive is a guy who, when anything difficult or unexpected happens, yells for somebody to come and help him.

I think one or two of the later Holmes stories are among the best.

What good is an obscenity trial except to popularize literature?