Any real New Yorker is a you-name-it-we-have-it-snob whose heart brims with sympathy for the millions of unfortunates who through misfortune, misguidedness or pure stupidity live anywhere else in the world.

Quote by J Russell Lynes

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Every journalist has a novel in him, which is an excellent place for it.

Every journalist has a novel in him, which is an excellent place for it.

If you can't ignore an insult, top it; if you can't top it, laugh it...

If you can't ignore an insult, top it; if you can't top it, laugh it...

Ragtime was a fanfare for the 20th century.

Ragtime was a fanfare for the 20th century.

The bungalow had more to do with how Americans live today than any other building...

The bungalow had more to do with how Americans live today than any other building...

There are times when you just get down, you feel like nobody likes you. We're...

There are times when you just get down, you feel like nobody likes you. We're...

Cynicism: The intellectual cripple's substitute for intelligence.

Cynicism: The intellectual cripple's substitute for intelligence.

Camouflage is a game we all like to play, but our secrets are as surely...

Camouflage is a game we all like to play, but our secrets are as surely...

The structure of a play is always the story of how the birds came home...

The structure of a play is always the story of how the birds came home...

All work and no play is not good for the soul

All work and no play is not good for the soul

If you must play, decide on three things at the start: the rules of the...

If you must play, decide on three things at the start: the rules of the...

I decided to join Barcelona because it's a sunny place. They are building for the...

I decided to join Barcelona because it's a sunny place. They are building for the...

It is now possible to abolish work and replace it, insofar as it serves useful...

It is now possible to abolish work and replace it, insofar as it serves useful...

I'll play out the string and leave baseball without a tear. A man can't play...

I'll play out the string and leave baseball without a tear. A man can't play...

Play is the only way the highest intelligence of humankind can unfold.

Play is the only way the highest intelligence of humankind can unfold.

A play is made by sensing how the forces in life simulate ignorance-you set free...

A play is made by sensing how the forces in life simulate ignorance-you set free...

Playing a concerto with Zubin is like being surrounded by a well-loved, cashmere-lined silk glove.

Playing a concerto with Zubin is like being surrounded by a well-loved, cashmere-lined silk glove.

Trivia is a game played by those who realize that they have misspent their youth...

Trivia is a game played by those who realize that they have misspent their youth...

Play is the exultation of the possible.

Play is the exultation of the possible.

Play is a uniquely adaptive act, not subordinate to some other adaptive act, but with...

Play is a uniquely adaptive act, not subordinate to some other adaptive act, but with...

Play and pray; but on the whole do not pray when you are playing and...

Play and pray; but on the whole do not pray when you are playing and...