It seems not to have been written. It is the quintessence of life. It is the basic truth.

Quote by Brooks Atkinson

Topics: Brooks Atkinson Quotes

Drop the last year into the silent limbo of the past. Let it go, for...

Drop the last year into the silent limbo of the past. Let it go, for...

In every age 'the good old days' were a myth. No one ever thought they...

In every age 'the good old days' were a myth. No one ever thought they...

There is no joy so great as that of reporting that a good play has...

There is no joy so great as that of reporting that a good play has...

It takes most men five years to recover from a college education, and to learn...

It takes most men five years to recover from a college education, and to learn...

Good plays drive bad playgoers crazy.

Good plays drive bad playgoers crazy.

Don't be condescending to unskilled labor. Try it for a half a day first.

Don't be condescending to unskilled labor. Try it for a half a day first.

The evil that men do lives on the front pages of greedy newspapers, but the...

The evil that men do lives on the front pages of greedy newspapers, but the...

The perfect bureaucrat everywhere is the man who manages to make no decisions and escape...

The perfect bureaucrat everywhere is the man who manages to make no decisions and escape...

People everywhere enjoy believing things that they know are not true. It spares them the...

People everywhere enjoy believing things that they know are not true. It spares them the...

Drop the last year into the silent limbo of the past. Let it go, for...

Drop the last year into the silent limbo of the past. Let it go, for...

The most fatal illusion is the narrow point of view. Since life is growth and...

The most fatal illusion is the narrow point of view. Since life is growth and...

After each war there is a little less democracy to save.

After each war there is a little less democracy to save.

In every age 'the good old days' were a myth. No one ever thought they...

In every age 'the good old days' were a myth. No one ever thought they...

I have learned from an early age to abjured the use of meat, and the...

I have learned from an early age to abjured the use of meat, and the...

Youth cannot know how age thinks and feels. But old men are guilty if they...

Youth cannot know how age thinks and feels. But old men are guilty if they...

I was born at the age of twelve on an MGM lot.

I was born at the age of twelve on an MGM lot.

I think we ought to raise the age at which juveniles can have a gun.

I think we ought to raise the age at which juveniles can have a gun.

I feel my belief in sacrifice and struggle getting stronger. I despise the kind of...

I feel my belief in sacrifice and struggle getting stronger. I despise the kind of...

It takes a long time to become young.

It takes a long time to become young.

Age is a tyrant who forbids at the penalty of life all the pleasures of...

Age is a tyrant who forbids at the penalty of life all the pleasures of...

Babies are such a nice way to start people

Babies are such a nice way to start people