Quotes

On David Burnham: “He has all those wonderfully upstanding attributes like decency and self-discipline that normally make you hate a person. On him they

There was a Gibson man as well. He was always competent, assured, and sensible, not given to whim or extragance or show of emotion

America, where the manners of the ladies were universally characterized at that time by modesty, delicacy and dignity”

a man might pass a life in Paris without encountering a single rudeness

About Carnegie: “He loved the hunt and he loved the money, but he did not love the men in the hunt for the money.”

84- On the one hand, style speaks for the rise of a democratic society, in which who one wishes to become is often seen

What’s the difference between love and sex? You’ve just gotten to the core of the natural drama. You guys are made to spread the

There’s a tacit agreement in the nation today that the white male is the only legitimate target for any and all satire, criticism, and

A lot of people in the middle of their lives have a secret yearning for more romance.

distinction made by philosopher John Dewey, between “customary” and “reflective” morality.