There's no limit to how complicated things can get, on account of one thing always leading to another.

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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...

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...

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. ......

To perceive Christmas through its wrappings becomes more difficult with every year.

To perceive Christmas through its wrappings becomes more difficult with every year.

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...

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...

The world organization debates disarmament in one room and, in the next room, moves the...

The world organization debates disarmament in one room and, in the next room, moves the...

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...

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 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...

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...

Be obscure clearly.

Be obscure clearly.

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.

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...

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...

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 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...

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

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