Of necessity, we made the discovery that it is easier to turn poets into business journalists than to turn bookkeepers into writers.

Business, more than any other occupation, is a continual dealing with the future; it is a continual calculation, an instinctive exercise in foresight.

I became a journalist to come as close as possible to the heart of the world.

Time should make enemies and Life should make friends.

Publishing is a business, but journalism never was and is not essentially a business. Nor is it a profession.

The world of the 20th century, if it is to come to life in any viability of health and vigor, must be to a significant degree an American century.

I suggest that what we want to do is not to leave to posterity a great institution, but to leave behind a great tradition of journalism ably practiced in our time.

It's easier to teach a poet how to read a balance sheet than it is to teach an accountant how to write.

Not much longer shall we have time for reading lessons of the past. An inexorable present calls us to the defense of a great future.

Show me a man who claims he is objective and I'll show you a man with illusions.

There are men who can write poetry, and there are men who can read balance sheets. The men who can read balance sheets cannot write.

People are always looking for magic, when the natural world holds true miracles

If we have a purpose in life beyond being a cog in the human machine, mine is to help inspire people and that's pretty cool. I would like to motivate the world.

As much as younger women are infused with a greater sense of possibility than most women of preceding generations, as a generation we are generally politically disengaged.

Satanists are encouraged to indulge in the seven deadly sins, as they need hurt no one; they were only invented by the Christian Church to insure guilt on the part of its followers.

Your task is not to judge or punish. Karma will take care of that. Your task is to love.

Self-esteem is different than conceit. Conceit is the weirdest disease in the world. It makes everyone sick except the one who has it.

The most beautiful, the most spirited and the most inspiring creature ever to print foot on the grasses of America.

July 4th ought to be commemorated as the day of deliverance by solemn acts of devotion.

I think authors can get into trouble viewing the subject matter as their turf

Capitalism historically has been a very dynamic force, and behind that force is technical progress, innovation, new ideas, new products, new technologies, and new methods of managing teams.