Another segment of society that has constructed a language of its own is business. ... [The businessman] is speaking a language that is familiar to him and dear to him. Its portentous nouns and verbs invest ordinary events with high…

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I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less...

I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less...

There is nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries than an agreement.

There is nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries than an agreement.

The trouble with the profit system has always been that it was highly unprofitable to...

The trouble with the profit system has always been that it was highly unprofitable to...

An intelligence service is, in fact, a stupidity service.

An intelligence service is, in fact, a stupidity service.

There's no limit to how complicated things can get, on account of one thing always...

There's no limit to how complicated things can get, on account of one thing always...

Commas in The New Yorker fall with the precision of knives in a circus act,...

Commas in The New Yorker fall with the precision of knives in a circus act,...

I don't know which is more discouraging, literature or chickens

I don't know which is more discouraging, literature or chickens

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

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

It is not often that someone comes along who is a true friend and a...

It is not often that someone comes along who is a true friend and a...

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

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

Be obscure clearly.

Be obscure clearly.

To perceive Christmas through its wrappings becomes more difficult with every year.

To perceive Christmas through its wrappings becomes more difficult with every year.

We should all do what, in the long run, gives us joy, even if it...

We should all do what, in the long run, gives us joy, even if it...

The terror of the atom age is not the violence of the new power but...

The terror of the atom age is not the violence of the new power but...

Genius is more often found in a cracked pot than a whole one

Genius is more often found in a cracked pot than a whole one

The trouble with the profit system has always been that it was highly unprofitable to...

The trouble with the profit system has always been that it was highly unprofitable to...

Old age is a special problem for me because I've never been able to shed...

Old age is a special problem for me because I've never been able to shed...

The world organization debates disarmament in one room and, in the next room, moves the...

The world organization debates disarmament in one room and, in the next room, moves the...

The world is full of people who have never, since childhood, met an open doorway...

The world is full of people who have never, since childhood, met an open doorway...

When I was a child people simply looked about them and were moderately happy; today...

When I was a child people simply looked about them and were moderately happy; today...