The idea that to make a man work you've got to hold gold in front of his eyes is a growth not an axiom. We've done that for so long that we've forgotten there's any other way.

The idea that to make a man work you've got to hold gold in front of his eyes is a growth not an axiom. We've done that for so long that we've forgotten there's any other way.

It is sadder to find the past again and find it inadequate to the present than it is to have it elude you and remain forever a harmonious conception of memory.

It is sadder to find the past again and find it inadequate to the present than it is to have it elude you and remain forever a harmonious conception of memory.

Often people display a curious respect for a man drunk rather like the respect of simple races for the insane… There is something awe-inspiring in one who has lost all inhibitions.

Often people display a curious respect for a man drunk rather like the respect of simple races for the insane… There is something awe-inspiring in one who has lost all inhibitions.

Either you think or else others have to think for you and take power from you pervert and discipline your natural tastes civilize and sterilize you.

Either you think or else others have to think for you and take power from you pervert and discipline your natural tastes civilize and sterilize you.

It occurred to me that there was no difference between men in intelligence or race so profound as the difference between the sick and the well.

It occurred to me that there was no difference between men in intelligence or race so profound as the difference between the sick and the well.

The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function.

The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function.