A Man Takes A Drink, The Drink

There Are Two Insults Which No Human Being Will Endure: The Assertion That He Hasn't A Sense Of Humor, And The Doubly Impertinent Assertion That He Has Never Known Trouble.

Every Compulsion Is Put Upon Writers To Become Safe, Polite, Obedient, And Sterile. In Protest, I Declined Election To The National Institute Of Arts And Letters Some Years Ago, And Now I Must Decline The Pulitzer Prize.

In Fact, The Whole Thing About Prohibition Is This: It Isn't The Initial Cost, It's The Humidity.

His Name Was George F. Babbitt, And . . . He Was Nimble In The Calling Of Selling Houses For More Than People Could Afford To Pay.

On The Whole, With Scandalous Exceptions, Democracy Has Given The Ordinary Worker More Dignity Than He Ever Had.