“A man who has both feet planted firmly in the air can be safely called a liberal as opposed to the conservative, who has both feet firmly planted in his mouth.”

“A Radical is a man with both feet firmly planted--in the air. A Conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward. A Reactionary is a somnambulist walking backwards. A Liberal is a man who uses his legs and his hands at the behest--at the command--of his head.”

“If civilization has risen from the Stone Age, it can rise again from the Wastepaper Age.”

“Simple English is no one’s mother tongue. It has to be worked for.”

“Bad writing, it is easily verified, has never kept scholarship from being published.”

“Except among those whose education has been in the minimalist style, it is understood that hasty moral judgments about people in the past are a form of injustice.”

“Show me a woman with both feet planted firmly on the ground - and I'll show you a girl who can't get her knickers off.”