“ The time not to become a father is eighteen years before a war. ”

“ Everything in life is somewhere else, and you get there in a car. ”

“ I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day. ”

“ Luck is not something you can mention in the presence of self-made men. ”

“ Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog. Few people are interested and the frog dies of it. ”

“ Prejudice is a great time saver. You can form opinions without having to get the facts. ”

“ Be obscure clearly. ”

“ I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority. ”

“ When I was a child people simply looked about them and were moderately happy today they peer beyond the seven seas, bury themselves waist deep in tidings, and by and large what they see and hear makes them unutterably sad. ”

“ I see nothing in space as promising as the view from a Ferris wheel. ”