the seat of the greatest patriotic loyalties is in the stomach. Long after giving up all attachment to the land of his birth, the naturalized American citizen holds fast to the food of his parents.

in the big city nobody has time to make friends. The big city is a big solitude.

Marriage always demands the greatest understanding of the art of insincerity possible between two human beings.

There is a need for heroism in American life today.

To be a Jew is a destiny

I've been in New York only a few days and I have learned only two words of your language: one is Swell, and the other is Lousy. ... 'It's swell to be with you and excuse, please, my lousy English!

He who does not move with the times is a dead man