More From H. L. Mencken
- "Whenever a husband and wife begin to discuss their marriage they are giving evidence at a coroner’s inquest."
- "Each party steals so many articles of faith from the other, and the candidates spend so much time making each other’s speeches, that by the time election day is past there is nothing much to do save turn the sitting rascals out and let a new gang in."
- "In this world of sin and sorrow there is always something to be thankful for; as for me, I rejoice that I am not a Republican."
More In Time
- "Do not wait; the time will never be “just right.” Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along."― George Herbert
- "I keep a lighter in my back pocket all the time. I’m not a smoker, I just really like certain songs."― Demetri Martin
- "We’re as clever as we think we are, but we’ll be a lot cleverer when we learn to use not just one brain but to pool huge numbers of brains. We’re at a level technologically where we can share information and think collectively about our problems. We do it in science all the time – there’s no reason why we can’t do it in other endeavors."― Lewis Thomas