Quote #23507
The opposite of talking isn’t listening. The opposite of talking is waiting.
Quote #34544
Few are agreeable in conversation, because each thinks of what he intends to say...
Quote #16398
An idea is a feat of association.
Quote #11041
But psychoanalysis has taught that the dead?a dead parent, for example?can be more alive...
Quote #21990
Reuben Second most successful robbery. The Flamingo in ’71. This guy actually tasted fresh...
Quote #18880
Anyone who challenges the prevailing orthodoxy finds himself silenced with surprising effectiveness. A genuinely...
Quote #18181
The tendency of democracies is, in all things, to mediocrity.
Quote #14222
To be nobody-but-yourself — in a world which is doing its best, night and...
Quote #7322
Desultory reading is delightful, but to be beneficial, our reading must be carefully directed.
Quote #16896
Some have been thought brave because they were afraid to run away.