His style has the desperate jauntiness of an orchestra fiddling away for dear life on a sinking ship.

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Real genius of moral insight is a motor which will start any engine.

Real genius of moral insight is a motor which will start any engine.

If I could only remember that the days were, not bricks to be laid row...

If I could only remember that the days were, not bricks to be laid row...

All Hollywood corrupts; and absolute Hollywood corrupts absolutely.

All Hollywood corrupts; and absolute Hollywood corrupts absolutely.

The human imagination has already come to conceive the possibility of recreating human society.

The human imagination has already come to conceive the possibility of recreating human society.

No two persons ever read the same book.

No two persons ever read the same book.

There is nothing more demoralizing than a small but adequate income.

There is nothing more demoralizing than a small but adequate income.

Marxism is the opium of the intellectuals.

Marxism is the opium of the intellectuals.

I am not quite a poet but I am something of the kind.

I am not quite a poet but I am something of the kind.

No two people read the same book.

No two people read the same book.

No two persons ever read the same book.

No two persons ever read the same book.

The product of the scientific imagination is a new vision of relations - like that...

The product of the scientific imagination is a new vision of relations - like that...

At 60 the sexual preoccupation, when it hits you, seems sometimes sharper, as if it...

At 60 the sexual preoccupation, when it hits you, seems sometimes sharper, as if it...

The most common cause of fear of old age is associated with the possibility of...

The most common cause of fear of old age is associated with the possibility of...

Too many people grow up. That's the real trouble with the world, too many people...

Too many people grow up. That's the real trouble with the world, too many people...

The brief span of our poor unhappy life to its final hour is hastening on;...

The brief span of our poor unhappy life to its final hour is hastening on;...

A test of a people is how it behaves toward the old. It is easy...

A test of a people is how it behaves toward the old. It is easy...

The land of fairy, where nobody gets old and godly and grave, where nobody gets...

The land of fairy, where nobody gets old and godly and grave, where nobody gets...

Sure I'm for helping the elderly. I'm going to be old myself someday.

Sure I'm for helping the elderly. I'm going to be old myself someday.

The problem with some people is that when they aren't drunk, they're sober.

The problem with some people is that when they aren't drunk, they're sober.

Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I - I...

Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I - I...

I'm suggesting we call sex something else, and it should include everything from kissing to...

I'm suggesting we call sex something else, and it should include everything from kissing to...