"That woman speaks eighteen languages and can't say 'No' in any of them."

"Take care of the luxuries and the necessities will take care of themselves."

"If all the girls who attended the Yale prom were laid end to end, I wouldn't be a bit surprised."

"'Coolidge is dead' 'How could they tell?"

"This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force."

"'Los Angeles: Seventy-two suburbs in search of a city."

"Fixed ideas are like a cramp in the foot - the best remedy against it is to tread on it."

"Of course we can keep this going, in principle, forever. In practice we will keel over from exhaustion, boredom, or death."

"We are born princes and the civilizing process makes us frogs."

"The fox has many tricks. The hedgehog has but one. But that is the best of all."

"Don't hold on too long, but don't let go to soon. Find a balance."

"It's only after we've lost everything that we're free to do anything."