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

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Democracy is the recurrent suspicion that more than half of the people are right more...

Democracy is the recurrent suspicion that more than half of the people are right more...

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...

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...

I am reminded of the advice of my neighbor. Never worry about your heart till...

I am reminded of the advice of my neighbor. Never worry about your heart till...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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. ......

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.

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...

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.

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.

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...

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...

Sex at age 90 is like trying to shoot pool with a rope.

Sex at age 90 is like trying to shoot pool with a rope.

Most of the basic material a writer works with is acquired before the age of...

Most of the basic material a writer works with is acquired before the age of...

Every great architect is - necessarily - a great poet. He must be a great...

Every great architect is - necessarily - a great poet. He must be a great...