Occupation: Author Birth: November 14, 1904 Death: September 13, 1990
Generosity with strings is not generosity: it is a deal..
If American men are obsessed with money, American women are obsessed with weight. The men talk of gain, the women talk of loss, and I do not know whi….
In our society those who are in reality superior in intelligence can be accepted by their fellows only if they pretend they are not..
A high standard of living is usually accompanied by a low standard of thinking..
The process of maturing is an art to be learned, an effort to be sustained. By the age of fifty you have made yourself what you are, and if it is go….
Infants are interesting only to their parents..
Human progress had so often been checked by those who were afraid of losing what they had..
The great omission in American life is solitude; not loneliness, for this is an alienation that thrives most in the midst of crowds, but that zone of….
It's never what you say, but how you make it sound sincere..
The right to choose death when life no longer holds meaning is not only the next liberation but the last human right..
certain kinds of people become Republicans and certain kinds of people become Democrats, and ... it's more than a matter of party affiliation. It's a….
Hoary idea, in any case, expecting a woman to surrender her name to her husband's in exchange for his. Why? Would any man submerge his identity and h….
Self-restraint may be alien to the human temperament, but humanity without restraint will dig its own grave..
All great lovers are articulate, and verbal seduction is the surest road to actual seduction..
Euthanasia ... is simply to be able to die with dignity at a moment when life is devoid of it..
Is there no end to this escalation of desire?.
We pity or condemn the communist peoples of the world for being bound in the chains of doctrine. So are we. Our doctrine runs as follows: Our Way is ….
The more people are reached by mass communication, the less they communicate with each other..
When women can cherish the vulnerability of men as much as men can exult in the strength of women, a new breed could lift a ruinous yoke from both..
Everybody likes to see somebody else get caught for the vices practiced by themselves..
Timing and arrogance are decisive factors in the successful use of talent..