The Ultimate Cynicism Is To Suspend Judgment

The Incredible New Medical Technology Has Made It Possible For Highly Disciplined Teams Of Surgeons ... To Keep Stricken Organisms Alive Even If The Brain Is Irretrievably Damaged Or Lung And Heart Incapable Of Functioning Without Mechanical Help. Now It Is Not Dust To Dust, But Human To Vegetable.

I Don't Think It's Possible To Write A Good Play Or Paint A Good Picture And Be A Good Republican.

A Musical Audience Is At Best Uninspiring, At Worst Definitely Drab. ... Respectability Hangs Like A Pall Over The Orchestra And The Boxes; A Sort Of Sterile Sobriety Ill-fitted To The Passionate Geometry Of Music.

[the Sea] Is The Healer And The Reviver, It Cleanses The Cavities Of Self-disgust And Melancholy, Of Sloth And Negation With The Salt Solution Of Life. It Cures The Lethargies Of Flesh And Spirit With The Slap And Shake Of Elemental Force. It Cradles And Comforts. Give It Trust And It Holds You Secure; Fight It And It Kills.

People On Horses Look Better Than They Are. People In Cars Look Worse Than They Are.