Scientists have been struck by the fact that things that break down virtually never get lost, while things that get lost hardly ever break down.

Americans like fat books and thin women.

Except for politics, no business is scrutinized more exhaustively than journalism.

Unpleasant questions are being raised about Mother's Day. Is this day necessary? . . . Isn't it bad public policy? . . . No politician with half his senses, which a majority of politicians have, is likely to vote for its abolition, however. As a class, mothers are tender and loving, but as a voting bloc they would not hesitate for an instant to pull the seat out from under any Congressman who suggests that Mother is not entitled to a box of chocolates each year in the middle of May.

Poetry is so vital to us until school spoils it.

Television was the most revolutionary event of the century. Its importance was in a class with the discovery of gunpowder and the invention of the printing press, which changed the human condition for centuries afterward.

Every day and in every way, baseball gets fancier. A few more years and they'll be playing on oriental rugs.