If a man examine carefully his thoughts he will be surprised to find how much he lives in the future. His well-being is always ahead. – Emerson, Journals, 1827
The story of Harold Ross, the New Yorker and me is a mere footnote to the story of our time, and we might as well face the truth that to researchers of the future, poking about among the ruins of time, we shall all be tiny glitters. But then, so are diamonds. – James Thurber