Their very conservatism is secondhand, and they don't know what they are conserving.

Do not suppose, however, that I intend to urge a diet of classics on anybody. I have seen such diets at work. I have known people who have actually read all, or almost all, the guaranteed Hundred Best Books. God save us from reading nothing but the best.

The love of truth lies at the root of much humor.

I do not 'get' ideas; ideas get me.