Few men of action have been able to make a graceful exit at the appropriate time.

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The orgasm has replaced the cross as the focus of longing and fulfillment.

The orgasm has replaced the cross as the focus of longing and fulfillment.

The pursuit of happiness, which American citizens are obliged to undertake, tends to involve them...

The pursuit of happiness, which American citizens are obliged to undertake, tends to involve them...

He was not only a bore; he bored for England.

He was not only a bore; he bored for England.

Good taste and humor are a contradiction in terms, like a chaste whore.

Good taste and humor are a contradiction in terms, like a chaste whore.

On television I feel like a man playing piano in a brothel; every now and...

On television I feel like a man playing piano in a brothel; every now and...

Never forget that only dead fish swim with the stream.

Never forget that only dead fish swim with the stream.

One of the many pleasures of old age is giving things up.

One of the many pleasures of old age is giving things up.

Never forget that only dead fish swim with the stream.

Never forget that only dead fish swim with the stream.

It was a somber place, haunted by old jokes and lost laughter. Life, as I...

It was a somber place, haunted by old jokes and lost laughter. Life, as I...

History will see advertising as one of the real evil things of our time. It...

History will see advertising as one of the real evil things of our time. It...

My opinion, my conviction, gains immensely in strength and sureness the minute a second mind...

My opinion, my conviction, gains immensely in strength and sureness the minute a second mind...

Every happening, great and small, is a parable whereby God speaks to us, and the...

Every happening, great and small, is a parable whereby God speaks to us, and the...

Sex is the ersatz or substitute religion of the 20th Century.

Sex is the ersatz or substitute religion of the 20th Century.

Bad humor is an evasion of reality; good humor is an acceptance of it.

Bad humor is an evasion of reality; good humor is an acceptance of it.

St. Teresa of Avila described our life in this world as like a night at...

St. Teresa of Avila described our life in this world as like a night at...

The truth is that a lost empire, lost power and lost wealth provide perfect circumstances...

The truth is that a lost empire, lost power and lost wealth provide perfect circumstances...

People do not believe lies because they have to, but because they want to.

People do not believe lies because they have to, but because they want to.

Travel, of course, narrows the mind.

Travel, of course, narrows the mind.

How do I know pornography depraves and corrupts? It depraves and corrupts me.

How do I know pornography depraves and corrupts? It depraves and corrupts me.

Surely the glory of journalism is its transience.

Surely the glory of journalism is its transience.