I see nothing in space as promising as the view from a Ferris wheel.

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I don't know which is more discouraging, literature or chickens.

I don't know which is more discouraging, literature or chickens.

Genius is more often found in a cracked pot than in a whole one.

Genius is more often found in a cracked pot than in a whole one.

We should all do what, in the long run, gives us joy, even if it...

We should all do what, in the long run, gives us joy, even if it...

Luck is not something you can mention in the presence of self-made men.

Luck is not something you can mention in the presence of self-made men.

Everything in life is somewhere else, and you get there in a car.

Everything in life is somewhere else, and you get there in a car.

It is not often that someone comes along who is a true friend and a...

It is not often that someone comes along who is a true friend and a...

The time not to become a father is eighteen years before a war.

The time not to become a father is eighteen years before a war.

English usage is sometimes more than mere taste, judgment and education - sometimes it's sheer...

English usage is sometimes more than mere taste, judgment and education - sometimes it's sheer...

An intelligence service is, in fact, a stupidity service.

An intelligence service is, in fact, a stupidity service.

Whatever else an American believes or disbelieves about himself, he is absolutely sure he has...

Whatever else an American believes or disbelieves about himself, he is absolutely sure he has...

Another segment of society that has constructed a language of its own is business. ......

Another segment of society that has constructed a language of its own is business. ......

Be obscure clearly.

Be obscure clearly.

Commas in The New Yorker fall with the precision of knives in a circus act,...

Commas in The New Yorker fall with the precision of knives in a circus act,...

The terror of the atom age is not the violence of the new power but...

The terror of the atom age is not the violence of the new power but...

Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog. Few people are interested and the frog dies...

Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog. Few people are interested and the frog dies...

All we need is a meteorologist who has once been soaked to the skin without...

All we need is a meteorologist who has once been soaked to the skin without...

The trouble with the profit system has always been that it was highly unprofitable to...

The trouble with the profit system has always been that it was highly unprofitable to...

The world is full of people who have never, since childhood, met an open doorway...

The world is full of people who have never, since childhood, met an open doorway...

Man's disobedience) brought into this World a world of woe, Sin and her shadow Death,...

Man's disobedience) brought into this World a world of woe, Sin and her shadow Death,...

The world has become uglier since it began to look into a mirror every day;...

The world has become uglier since it began to look into a mirror every day;...