If I was not a remarkably modest man, I should probably brag a little, and say that I had done what no American ever before accomplished by visiting the queen at her palace twice within eight days. – P. T. (Phineas Taylor) Barnum
I think that one possible definition of our modern culture is that it is one in which nine-tenths of our intellectuals cant read any poetry. – Randall Jarrell
Americans have an abiding belief in their ability to control reality by purely material means… airline insurance replaces the fear of death with the comforting prospect of cash. – Cecil Beaton
