Every compulsion is put upon writers to become safe, polite, obedient, and sterile.

A sensational event was changing from the brown suit to the gray the contents of his pockets. He was earnest about these objects. They were of eternal importance, like baseball or the Republican Party.

That nation is proudest and noblest and most exalted which has the greatest number of really great men.

Winter is not a season, it's an occupation.

Intellectually I know that America is no better than any other country; emotionally I know she is better than every other country.

The game (baseball)was a custom of his clan, and it gave outlet for the homicidal and sides-taking instincts which Babbitt called "patriotism" and "love of sport."

It is, I think, an error to believe that there is any need of religion to make life seem worth living.