"No sane man will dance." Marcus Tullius Cicero
"A statesman is a successful politician who is dead." Thomas B. Reed
"An expert is one who knows more and more about less and less." Nicholas Murray Butler
"I do borrow from other writers, shamelessly! I can only say in my defense, like the woman brought before the judge on a charge of kleptomania, 'I do steal, but, your Honor, only from the very best stores.'" Thornton Wilder
"I believe that every English poet should read the English classics, master the rules of grammar before he attempts to bend or break them, travel abroad, experience the horror of sordid passion and—if he is lucky enough—know the love of an honest woman." Robert Graves
"Censorship reflects a society's lack of confidence in itself. It is a hallmark of an authoritarian regime."
"I feel positively like a Beatle." Joan Bennett
"Society has never barred women from bread-winning roles, but only from economic roles that are profitable and respectable."