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

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There is nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries than an agreement.

There is nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries than an agreement.

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...

Prejudice is a great time saver. You can form opinions without having to get the...

Prejudice is a great time saver. You can form opinions without having to get the...

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.

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

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

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...

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...

The only sense that is common in the long run, is the sense of change...

The only sense that is common in the long run, is the sense of change...

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...

A good farmer is nothing more nor less than a handy man with a sense...

A good farmer is nothing more nor less than a handy man with a sense...

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...

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

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

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...

I can only assume that your editorial writer tripped over the First Amendment and thought...

I can only assume that your editorial writer tripped over the First Amendment and thought...

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.

I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less...

I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less...

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 easier for a man to be loyal to his club than to his...

It is easier for a man to be loyal to his club than to his...

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.

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...