If there was a little room somewhere in the British Museum that contained only about twenty exhibits and good lighting, easy chairs, and a notice imploring you to smoke, I believe I should become a museum man."

God can stand being told by Professor Ayer and Marghanita Laski that He doesn't exist.

Many a man is praised for his reserve and so-called shyness when he is simply too proud to risk making a fool of himself.

"I know only two words of American slang, 'swell' and 'lousy'. I think 'swell' is lousy, but 'lousy' is swell."

"One of the delights known to age, and beyond the grasp of youth, is that of Not Going."