When I was a child people simply looked about them and were moderately happy; today they peer beyond the seven seas, bury themselves waist deep in tidings, and by and large what they see and hear makes them unutterably sad.

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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...

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.

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...

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...

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.

One of the most time-consuming things is to have an enemy.

One of the most time-consuming things is to have an enemy.

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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. ......

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.

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...

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

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

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

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

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.

What we call reality is an agreement that people have arrived at to make life...

What we call reality is an agreement that people have arrived at to make life...

To break an oral agreement which is not legally binding is morally wrong

To break an oral agreement which is not legally binding is morally wrong