All cities are mad: but the madness is gallant. All cities are beautiful: but the beauty is grim.

Quote by Christopher Morley

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Why do they put the Gideon bibles only in the bedrooms, where it's usually too...

Why do they put the Gideon bibles only in the bedrooms, where it's usually too...

If we discovered that we only had five minutes left to say all that we...

If we discovered that we only had five minutes left to say all that we...

No man is lonely eating spaghetti; it requires so much attention.

No man is lonely eating spaghetti; it requires so much attention.

Cleanliness is indeed next to godliness.

Cleanliness is indeed next to godliness.

If you have to keep reminding yourself of a thing, perhaps it isn't so.

If you have to keep reminding yourself of a thing, perhaps it isn't so.

People like to imagine that because all our mechanical equipment moves so much faster, that...

People like to imagine that because all our mechanical equipment moves so much faster, that...

God made man merely to hear some praise of what he'd done on those Five...

God made man merely to hear some praise of what he'd done on those Five...

New York, the nation's thyroid gland.

New York, the nation's thyroid gland.

Words are a commodity in which there is never any slump.

Words are a commodity in which there is never any slump.

Humor is perhaps a sense of intellectual perspective: an awareness that some things are really...

Humor is perhaps a sense of intellectual perspective: an awareness that some things are really...

Humor is perhaps a sense of intellectual perspective: an awareness that some things are really...

Humor is perhaps a sense of intellectual perspective: an awareness that some things are really...

We've had bad luck with children; they've all grown up

We've had bad luck with children; they've all grown up

All students can learn.

All students can learn.

There is only one success - to be able to spend your life in your...

There is only one success - to be able to spend your life in your...

Beauty is ever to the lonely mind a shadow fleeting; she is never plain. She...

Beauty is ever to the lonely mind a shadow fleeting; she is never plain. She...

When you sell a man a book, you don't sell him 12 ounces of paper...

When you sell a man a book, you don't sell him 12 ounces of paper...

In every man's heart there is a secret nerve that answers to the vibrations of...

In every man's heart there is a secret nerve that answers to the vibrations of...

Humor is perhaps a sense of intellectual perspective: an awareness that some things are really...

Humor is perhaps a sense of intellectual perspective: an awareness that some things are really...

I think it would be hard to go the distance in this business without a...

I think it would be hard to go the distance in this business without a...

I'm not a traditional politician, and I have a sense of humor. I'll try to...

I'm not a traditional politician, and I have a sense of humor. I'll try to...