His style has the desperate jauntiness of an orchestra fiddling away for dear life on a sinking ship.

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The human imagination has already come to conceive the possibility of recreating human society.

The human imagination has already come to conceive the possibility of recreating human society.

No two people read the same book.

No two people read the same book.

If I could only remember that the days were, not bricks to be laid row...

If I could only remember that the days were, not bricks to be laid row...

The product of the scientific imagination is a new vision of relations - like that...

The product of the scientific imagination is a new vision of relations - like that...

No two persons ever read the same book.

No two persons ever read the same book.

Real genius of moral insight is a motor which will start any engine.

Real genius of moral insight is a motor which will start any engine.

No two persons ever read the same book.

No two persons ever read the same book.

I am not quite a poet but I am something of the kind.

I am not quite a poet but I am something of the kind.

There is nothing more demoralizing than a small but adequate income.

There is nothing more demoralizing than a small but adequate income.

All Hollywood corrupts; and absolute Hollywood corrupts absolutely.

All Hollywood corrupts; and absolute Hollywood corrupts absolutely.

Marxism is the opium of the intellectuals.

Marxism is the opium of the intellectuals.

At 60 the sexual preoccupation, when it hits you, seems sometimes sharper, as if it...

At 60 the sexual preoccupation, when it hits you, seems sometimes sharper, as if it...

The land of fairy, where nobody gets old and godly and grave, where nobody gets...

The land of fairy, where nobody gets old and godly and grave, where nobody gets...

It is a rare and difficult attainment to grow old gracefully and happily.

It is a rare and difficult attainment to grow old gracefully and happily.

Too many people grow up. That's the real trouble with the world, too many people...

Too many people grow up. That's the real trouble with the world, too many people...

You end up as you deserve. In old age you must put up with the...

You end up as you deserve. In old age you must put up with the...

The answer to old age is to keep one's mind busy and to go on...

The answer to old age is to keep one's mind busy and to go on...

In youth we run into difficulties. In old age difficulties run into us.

In youth we run into difficulties. In old age difficulties run into us.

It (The New York Times) reads like it was edited by two elderly sociologists, one...

It (The New York Times) reads like it was edited by two elderly sociologists, one...

When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly...

When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly...

Sticks and stones may break my bones, but whips and chains excite me!

Sticks and stones may break my bones, but whips and chains excite me!