I cannot abide stupidity, in myself or in others.
Few learn golf in a lifetime.
Character is what was yesterday and will be tomorrow.
There is something terribly wrong with a culture inebriated by noise and gregariousness.
A house in the country is not the same as a country house.
I'm an independent type. No one tells me what to do.
The guilt of newborns is immense.
The pursuit of perfection often impedes improvement.
It's a tragic fact to die in an accident
I like to write books and cause trouble.
My mind is the pendant, creativity is the chain
Suffer fools gladly; they may be right.
You were reserved for my future
The nearer the dawn the darker the night.
Gossip is more popular than literature.
And my father, after all, was a nationalist.
My father was very outwardly religious.
Reagan is the Republican FDR, an exemplar of presidential greatness.
Can compromise be an art? Yes--but a minor art.
The slum is the measure of civilization.
Wealth is conspicuous, but poverty hides.
