People everywhere enjoy believing things that they know are not true. It spares them the ordeal of thinking for themselves and taking responsibility for what they know.

Quote by Brooks Atkinson

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Drop the last year into the silent limbo of the past. Let it go, for...

Drop the last year into the silent limbo of the past. Let it go, for...

It takes most men five years to recover from a college education, and to learn...

It takes most men five years to recover from a college education, and to learn...

It seems not to have been written. It is the quintessence of life. It is...

It seems not to have been written. It is the quintessence of life. It is...

Don't be condescending to unskilled labor. Try it for a half a day first.

Don't be condescending to unskilled labor. Try it for a half a day first.

In every age 'the good old days' were a myth. No one ever thought they...

In every age 'the good old days' were a myth. No one ever thought they...

After each war there is a little less democracy to save.

After each war there is a little less democracy to save.

The most fatal illusion is the narrow point of view. Since life is growth and...

The most fatal illusion is the narrow point of view. Since life is growth and...

Good plays drive bad playgoers crazy.

Good plays drive bad playgoers crazy.

There is no joy so great as that of reporting that a good play has...

There is no joy so great as that of reporting that a good play has...

Drop the last year into the silent limbo of the past. Let it go, for...

Drop the last year into the silent limbo of the past. Let it go, for...

The perfect bureaucrat everywhere is the man who manages to make no decisions and escape...

The perfect bureaucrat everywhere is the man who manages to make no decisions and escape...

The evil that men do lives on the front pages of greedy newspapers, but the...

The evil that men do lives on the front pages of greedy newspapers, but the...

In every age 'the good old days' were a myth. No one ever thought they...

In every age 'the good old days' were a myth. No one ever thought they...

Many people use their youth to make their old age miserable.

Many people use their youth to make their old age miserable.

What Youth deemed crystal, Age finds out was dew.

What Youth deemed crystal, Age finds out was dew.

The most important function of the university in an age of reason is to protect...

The most important function of the university in an age of reason is to protect...

Instead of being presented with stereotypes by age, sex, color, class, or religion, children must...

Instead of being presented with stereotypes by age, sex, color, class, or religion, children must...

The excess of our youth are checks written against our age and they are payable...

The excess of our youth are checks written against our age and they are payable...

Age: that period of life in which we compound for the vices that we still...

Age: that period of life in which we compound for the vices that we still...

But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by...

But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by...

It's a recipe for disaster when your country has an obesity epidemic and a skinny...

It's a recipe for disaster when your country has an obesity epidemic and a skinny...