It is easier for a man to be loyal to his club than to his planet; the bylaws are shorter, and he is personally acquainted with the other members.

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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...

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...

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.

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

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

The siren south is well enough, but New York, at the beginning of March, is...

The siren south is well enough, but New York, at the beginning of March, is...

Television should be our Lyceum, our Chautauqua, our Minsky's and our Camelot.

Television should be our Lyceum, our Chautauqua, our Minsky's and our Camelot.

One of the most time-consuming things is to have an enemy.

One of the most time-consuming things is to have an enemy.

Old age is a special problem for me because I've never been able to shed...

Old age is a special problem for me because I've never been able to shed...

You have been my friend. That in itself is a tremendous thing. I wove my...

You have been my friend. That in itself is a tremendous thing. I wove my...

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

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

A writer is like a bean plant - he has his little day, and then...

A writer is like a bean plant - he has his little day, and then...

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.

Writing is an act of faith, not a trick of grammar.

Writing is an act of faith, not a trick of grammar.

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...

When I was a child people simply looked about them and were moderately happy; today...

When I was a child people simply looked about them and were moderately happy; today...

I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a...

I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a...

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

Hamlet is an astonishing intelligence.

Hamlet is an astonishing intelligence.

It doesn't stand up to huge intellectual scrutiny.

It doesn't stand up to huge intellectual scrutiny.