Curiosity . . . endows the people who have it with a generosity in argument and a serenity in cheerful willingness to let life take the form it will.
Curiosity is free-wheeling intelligence.
Man has an incurable habit of not fulfilling the prophecies of his fellow men.
A professional is a man who can do his best at a time when he doesn't particularly feel like it.
"As always, the British especially shudder at the latest American vulgarity, and then they embrace it with enthusiasm two years later."