"He dares to be a fool, and that is the first step in the direction of wisdom."

"Barry supported the lady, whose voice was not powerful enough for the big auditorium. I asked him how she succeeded—I…"

"O, Columbia, the gem of the ocean, The home of the brave and the free, The shrine of each patriot's devotion, A world…"

"Three cheers for the red, white, and blue."

"In all human undertakings the period of growth is followed by one of decay unless a new spirit pours fresh life into …"

"Although the assassination at Sarajevo was certainly the crucial precedent of the European war that its conspirators …"

"The key to my parties is the small tables That way people do not have to talk only to the people on their right or le…"

"I was never interested in real estate; I was just interested in New York."

"I called many buildings and they said, ‘We would never take a Vanderbilt or an Astor — they’re the 1880s, and we’re t…"

"I became a success almost overnight because I really made a study of the establishment to figure out how to outwit them."