“Being a man given to oratory and high principles, he enjoyed the sound of his own vocabulary and the warmth of his own virtue.”

The cocktail filled him with a whirling exhilaration behind which he was aware of devastating desires-to rush places in fast motors, to kiss girls, to sing, to be witty. … He perceived that he had gifts of profligacy which had been neglected. -chapter 8

NOW is a fact that cannot be dodged.

It is, I think, an error to believe that there is any need of religion to make life seem worth living.

When fascism comes to the United States it will be wrapped in the American flag and will claim the name of 100-percent Americanism

Think of how many are arrested for selling fake stock, for seducing 14-year-old girls in orphanages under their care, for arson, for murder.

On the whole, with scandalous exceptions, Democracy has given the ordinary worker more dignity than he ever had.

It might be the doing of Satan, in whom Aaron anxiously believed with all of his being except, perhaps, his mind.

That nation is proudest and noblest and most exalted which has the greatest number of really great men.

Men die, but the plutocracy is immortal; and it is necessary that fresh generations should be trained to its service.

It’s one of our favorite American myths that broad plains necessarily make broad minds, and high mountains make high purpose.

In fact, the whole thing about prohibition is this: it isn’t the initial cost, it’s the humidity.

It has not yet been recorded that any human being has gained a very large or permanent contentment from meditation upon the fact that he is better off than others.

I am convinced that everything that is worth while in the world has been accomplished by the free, inquiring, critical spirit, and that the preservation of this spirit is more important than any social system whatsoever.

Fine, large, meaningless, general terms like romance and business can always be related. They take the place of thinking, and are highly useful to optimists and lecturers.

You’ve been telling us about how to secure peace, but come on, now, General-just among us Rotarians and Rotary Anns-‘fess up!

Emotionally I know she is better than every other country.

Before I get out of bed, I am saying thank you. I know how important it is to be thankful.

You know, Saudi Arabia has a lot of poverty also. Regardless about what you hear about the viceroy and people being rich, et cetera.

I don’t like a lot of things like [Iraq], I never did. Being in a position of celebrity and having your words carry such unnatural weight…

So I’ve been doing everything that has to do with being next to them, close to them.

I’m expressing something that I feel is a way to exercise my talent and help communicate a role as a human being in a movie, I will do that.

I guess it has to do with my tradition and being Italian, we’re very outgoing with our emotions.

Exercising is what I need for my metabolism and for a better sense of well-being.

Pakistan’s being an ally and helping the United States, we ought to show