Americans Began By Loving Youth, And Now,

The Professionals Resemble And Recognize Each Other By Virtue Of The Stigmata That Their Trade Has Left Upon Them. They Are Like The Dog In The Fable, Whose Collar Has Made An Indelible Mark Around His Neck. The Amateur Is The Shaggy Wolf Whom No Dog Had Better Trust Too Far.

Americans Began By Loving Youth, And Now, Out Of Adult Self-pity, They Worship It.

To Watch A Football Game Is To Be In A Prolonged Neurotic Doubt As To What You're Seeing. It's More Like An Emergency Happening At A Distance Than A Game. I Don't Wonder The Spectators Take To Drink.

Take A Portion Of Wit, And Fashion It Fit, Like A Needle, With Point And With Eye: A Point That Can Wound, An Eye To Look Round, And At Folly Or Vice Let It Fly

Speech, After All, Is In Some Measure An Expression Of Character, And Flexibility In Its Use Is A Good Way To Tell Your Friends From The Robots.