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.

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.

To see, and to show, is the mission now undertaken by Life.

Having no curiosity can be a dangerous thing..

A degree of lying - you know, white lies - seems to be inherent in all languages and all forms of communication.

Just like the poles of a magnet, some people are drawn to death and others are repulsed by it, but we all have to deal with it.

The adults don't know what's happening on the kids' universe and the kids don't know what's happening on the adults' universe

Poison and medicine are often the same thing, given in different proportions

But people do the same thing with the Bible. They memorize all the fictional characters, the parameters and the rules of the game and think it's important, but I can't get excited about that myself.

The chief want, in every state that I have been into, was a high and earnest purpose in its inhabitants.

I try to be healthy because to be happy and healthy on the inside shows on the outside.

What is normal? Normal is only ordinary; mediocre. Life belongs to the rare, exceptional individual who dares to be different.

This is my ultimate fantasy: watching QVC with a credit card while making love and eating at the same time.