“It would be more impressive if it flowed the other way (Commenting on Niagara Falls)”
“You cannot shoot your way a little bit into a war any more than you can go a little bit over Niagara Falls.”
“One cannot go over Niagara Falls in a barrel only slightly.”
“The cure for unhappiness is happiness,I don't care what anyone says.- Niagara Falls All Over Again(via A Long Way Down, Nick Hornby)”
“Men see God in the ripple, but not in miles of still water. Of all the two thousand miles that the St. Lawrence flows, pilgrims go only to Niagara.”
“And he would listen, making only a few comments, always sympathetic, so that when I left him I had the distinct impression he had solved everything for me.”