"All art is at once surface and symbol. Those who go beneath the surface do so at their own peril. Those who read the symbol do so at their own peril."

"Men can know more than their ancestors did if they start with a knowledge of what their ancestors had already learned....That is why a society can be progressive only if it conserves its traditions."

"HEBREW, n. A male Jew, as distinguished from the Shebrew, an altogether superior creation."

"In America you can go on the air and kid the politicians, and the politicians can go on the air and kid the people."

"It is only the great men who are truly obscene. If they had not dared to be obscene, they could never have dared to be great."

"That which is static and repetitive is boring. That which is dynamic and random is confusing. In between lies art."

"In moderate doses melancholy can be strangley comforting, darkly sweet; it can by providing contrast, give an exquisitely sharp edge to happiness, especially to pleasures of the flesh."

"Friendship is not possible between two women, one of whom is very well dressed."

"The President can bomb anybody he likes."

"Be bold and mighty powers will come to your aid."