It is veneer, rouge, aestheticism, art museums, new theaters, etc. that make America impotent. The good things are football, kindness, and jazz bands. – George Santayana
The body is an instrument, the mind its function, the witness and reward of its operation. – George Santayana
We must welcome the future, remembering that soon it will be the past and we must respect the past, remembering that it was once all that was humanly possible. – George Santayana
Friends are generally of the same sex, for when men and women agree, it is only in the conclusions their reasons are always different. – George Santayana