There is a need for heroism in American life today.

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

serious difficulties don't vanish by themselves, they are standing around your bed when you open the eyes the next morning.

I was growing tired of all the fussing and prevaricating, of the stolen hours and the secret rendez-vous; of the small indignities and broad discomfort that are part and parcel of adultery.

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

A man with money to pay for a meal can talk about hunger without demeaning himself. ... But for a man with no money hunger is a disgrace.