Perhaps the world's second worst crime is boredom. The first is being a bore.

Perhaps the world's second-worst crime is boredom; the first is being a bore.

Be daring, be different, be impractical, be anything that will assert integrity of purpose and imaginative vision against the play-it-safers, the creatures of the commonplace, the slaves of the ordinary.

Oh, well, he couldn't do everything, could he?

Americans have an abiding belief in their ability to control reality by purely material means... airline insurance replaces the fear of death with the comforting prospect of cash.

What is elegance? Soap and water!