“In this age of 'whatever,' Americans are becoming slaves to the new tyranny of nonchalance. " James Morris”

“Talk about presidents "taking" the country hither and yon is part of the foam of presidential elections.”

“There may be arrogance and the laziness of someone who is indefatigable when doing what he enjoys, but only when doing that.”

“People who have nothing much in mind for next week speak instead about the next century or millennium.”

“Time was when much of lawyering consisted (according to turn-of-the-century lawyer and statesman Elihu Root) in "telling would-be clients that they are damned fool's, and should stop.”

“Sex education in the modern manner has been well-described as plumbing for hedonists.”

“Your sacred contribution in the world is the service to humanity.”

“My wish simply is to live my life as fully as I can. In both our work and our leisure, I think, we should be so employed. And in our time this means that we must save ourselves from the products th...”

“After Carol had left, as Symons threw away a pile of used tissues and rearranged the cushions on the couch, he remarked that the most common and unhelpful illusion plaguing those who came to see hi...”

“Flexibility is the greatest strength.”

“What I always say is that Japanese are like willow. We can be bent easily, but once you try to break us, it would not be so easy.”

“When we arrived at my home north of the city, my five-year-old son Magnus, brimming with the confidence he'd gained in two full weeks of kindergarten, opened the front door and asked John, "Is it t...”

“One night I begged Robin, a scientist by training, to watch Arthur Miller's 'Death of a Salesman' with me on PBS. He lasted about one act, then turned to me in horror: 'This is how you spend your d...”

“The liberal arts do not conduct the soul all the way to virtue, but merely set it going in that direction.”