I think that one possible definition of our modern culture is that it is one in which nine-tenths of our intellectuals can't read any poetry.

I think that one possible definition of our modern culture is that it is one in which nine-tenths of our intellectuals can't read any poetry

President Robbins was so well adjusted to his environment that sometimes you could not tell which was the environment and which was President Robbins.

It is better to entertain an idea than to take it home to live with you for the rest of your life

The Southern past, the Southern present, the Southern future became one of red clay pine barrens, of chain-gang camps, of housewives dressed in flour sacks who stare all day dully down into dirty sinks.

Nine-tenths of our suffering is caused by others not thinking so much of us as we think they ought.