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.

- Louis Kronenberger

There seems to be a terrible misunderstanding on the part of a great many people to the effect that when you cease to believe you may cease to behave.

- Louis Kronenberger

Once you have money, you can quite truthfully affirm that money isn't everything.

- Louis Kronenberger

A great maxim of personal responsibility and mature achievement: "Do it yourself" is now the enthroned cliche for being occupied with nonessentials.

- Louis Kronenberger

It is disgusting to pick your teeth; what is vulgar is to use a gold toothpick.

- Louis Kronenberger

Highly educated bores are by far the worst; they know so much, in such fiendish detail, to be boring about.

- Louis Kronenberger

One of the misfortunes of our time is that in getting rid of false shame, we have killed off so much real shame as well.

- Louis Kronenberger

On any morning these days whole segments of the population wake up to find themselves famous, while, to keep matters shipshape, whole contingents of …

- Louis Kronenberger

The life of sense begins by assuming that we can only fitfully live the life of reason.

- Louis Kronenberger