Only if we can restrain ourselves is good conversation possible. Good talk rises upon much discipline. – John Erskine
Theres a difference between beauty and charm. A beautiful woman is one I notice. A charming woman is one who notices me. – John Erskine
Music is the only language in which you cannot say a mean or sarcastic thing. – John Erskine
I have never had so many good ideas day after day as when I worked in the garden. – John Erskine
Every two years the American politics industry fills the airwaves with the most virulent, scurrilous, wall-to-wall character assassination of nearly every political practitioner in the country – and then declares itself puzzled that America has lost trust in its politicians. – Charles Krauthammer