We should all do what, in the long run, gives us joy, even if it is only picking grapes or sorting the laundry.

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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...

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...

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

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

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

It is not often that someone comes along who is a true friend and a...

It is not often that someone comes along who is a true friend and a...

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.

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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

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

The test of literature is, I suppose, whether we ourselves live more intensely for the...

The test of literature is, I suppose, whether we ourselves live more intensely for the...

Folks don't like to have somebody around knowing more than they do.

Folks don't like to have somebody around knowing more than they do.