Curiosity endows the people who have it with a generosity in argument and a serenity in their own mode of life which springs from their cheerful willingness to let life take the form it will.

Quote by Alistair Cooke

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These doomsday warriors look no more like soldiers than the soldiers of the Second World...

These doomsday warriors look no more like soldiers than the soldiers of the Second World...

People in America, when listening to radio, like to lean forward. People in Britain like...

People in America, when listening to radio, like to lean forward. People in Britain like...

Curiosity is free-wheeling intelligence.

Curiosity is free-wheeling intelligence.

People, when they first come to America, whether as travelers or settlers, become aware of...

People, when they first come to America, whether as travelers or settlers, become aware of...

Canned music is like audible wallpaper.

Canned music is like audible wallpaper.

It has been an unchallengeable American doctrine that cranberry sauce, a pink goo with overtones...

It has been an unchallengeable American doctrine that cranberry sauce, a pink goo with overtones...

Golf is an open exhibition of overweening ambition, courage deflated by stupidity, skill soured by...

Golf is an open exhibition of overweening ambition, courage deflated by stupidity, skill soured by...

A professional is a person who can do his best at a time when he...

A professional is a person who can do his best at a time when he...

People, when they first come to America, whether as travelers or settlers, become aware of...

People, when they first come to America, whether as travelers or settlers, become aware of...

It's an acting job - acting natural.

It's an acting job - acting natural.

The best compliment to a child or a friend is the feeling you give him...

The best compliment to a child or a friend is the feeling you give him...

These humiliations are the essence of the game.

These humiliations are the essence of the game.

Between a quarter and a third of Los Angeles's land area is now monopolized by...

Between a quarter and a third of Los Angeles's land area is now monopolized by...

Man has an incurable habit of not fulfilling the prophecies of his fellow men.

Man has an incurable habit of not fulfilling the prophecies of his fellow men.

Cocktail music is accepted as audible wallpaper.

Cocktail music is accepted as audible wallpaper.

To the goggling unbeliever Texans say - as people always say about their mangier dishes...

To the goggling unbeliever Texans say - as people always say about their mangier dishes...

Texas does not, like any other region, simply have indigenous dishes. It proclaims them. It...

Texas does not, like any other region, simply have indigenous dishes. It proclaims them. It...

A nation reveals itself not only by the men it produces but also by the...

A nation reveals itself not only by the men it produces but also by the...

No nation has friends only interests

No nation has friends only interests

[America is] a rebellious nation. Our whole history is treason; our blood was attained before...

[America is] a rebellious nation. Our whole history is treason; our blood was attained before...