A railroad station? That was sort of a primitive airport, only you didn't have to take a cab 20 miles out of town to reach it.

Usually, terrible things that are done with the excuse that progress requires them are not really progress at all, but just terrible things.

A solved problem creates two new problems, and the best prescription for happy living is not to solve any more problems.

Baltimore is permissiveness. The pleasures of the flesh, the table, the bottle, and the purse are tolerated with a civilized understanding.

Sending grown-ups up the wall is one of the things adolescence is all about. A few years ago it was done with rock 'n' roll music. Now at least they can do it quietly with a home computer.

The dirty work at political conventions is almost always done in the grim hours between midnight and dawn. Hangmen and politicians work best when the human spirit is at its lowest ebb.

Don't try to make children grow up to be like you, or they may do it.