Nothing so soothes our vanity as a display of greater vanity in others; it make us vain, in fact, of our modesty.

The trouble with us in America isn't that the poetry of life has turned to prose, but that it has turned to advertising copy.

In the history of mankind, fanaticism has caused more harm than vice

Many people today don't want honest answers insofar as honest means unpleasant or disturbing, They want a soft answer that turneth away anxiety.

For tens of millions of people [television] has become habit-forming, brain-softening, taste-degrading.

Old age is an excellent time for outrage. My goal is to say or do at least one outrageous thing every week.