I place a high moral value on the way people behave. I find it repellent to have a lot, and to behave with anything other than courtesy in the old sense of the word - politeness of the heart, a…

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Humility is no substitute for a good personality.

Humility is no substitute for a good personality.

When you leave New York, you are astonished at how clean the rest of the...

When you leave New York, you are astonished at how clean the rest of the...

I never met anyone who didn't have a very smart child. What happens to these...

I never met anyone who didn't have a very smart child. What happens to these...

Inhabitants of underdeveloped nations and victims of natural disasters are the only people who have...

Inhabitants of underdeveloped nations and victims of natural disasters are the only people who have...

Special-interest publications should realize that if they are attracting enough advertising and readers to make...

Special-interest publications should realize that if they are attracting enough advertising and readers to make...

Success didn't spoil me, I've always been insufferable.

Success didn't spoil me, I've always been insufferable.

Remember that as a teenager you are in the last stage of your life when...

Remember that as a teenager you are in the last stage of your life when...

My favorite animal is steak.

My favorite animal is steak.

Very few people possess true artistic ability. It is therefore both unseemly and unproductive to...

Very few people possess true artistic ability. It is therefore both unseemly and unproductive to...

As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will...

As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will...

If you're going to America, bring your own food.

If you're going to America, bring your own food.

Romantic love is mental illness. But it's a pleasurable one. It's a drug. It distorts...

Romantic love is mental illness. But it's a pleasurable one. It's a drug. It distorts...

As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will...

As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will...

There is no such thing as inner peace. There is only nervousness or death. Any...

There is no such thing as inner peace. There is only nervousness or death. Any...

Life is something to do when you can't get to sleep.

Life is something to do when you can't get to sleep.

Your life story would not make a good book. Don't even try.

Your life story would not make a good book. Don't even try.

The opposite of talking isn't listening. The opposite of talking is waiting.

The opposite of talking isn't listening. The opposite of talking is waiting.

Having been unpopular in high school is not just cause for book publications.

Having been unpopular in high school is not just cause for book publications.

Being a woman is of special interest only to aspiring male transsexuals. To actual women,...

Being a woman is of special interest only to aspiring male transsexuals. To actual women,...

In the Soviet Union, capitalism triumphed over communism. In this country, capitalism triumphed over democracy.

In the Soviet Union, capitalism triumphed over communism. In this country, capitalism triumphed over democracy.