The parent must not give in to his desire to try to create the child he would like to have, but rather help the child to develop--...in his own good time--to the fullest, into what he wishes to be and can be, in line with his natural endowment and as the consequence of his unique life in history.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
For it is wretchedness that endures, shedding its cancerous light on all it approaches: Words spoken in the heat of passion, ...that might have been retracted in good time, All good intentions, all that was arguable.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Laughter on American television has taken the place of the chorus in Greek tragedy.... In other countries, the business of laughin...g is left to the viewers. Here, their laughter is put on the screen, integrated into the show. It is the screen that is laughing and having a good time. You are simply left alone with your consternation.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
For most visitors to Manhattan, both foreign and domestic, New York is the Shrine of the Good Time. "I don't see how you stand it,..." they often say to the native New Yorker who has been sitting up past his bedtime for a week in an attempt to tire his guest out. "It's all right for a week or so, but give me the little old home town when it comes to living." And, under his breath, the New Yorker endorses the transfer and wonders himself how he stands it.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
A genius can never expect to have a good time anywhere, if he is a genuine article, but America is about the last place in which l...ife will be endurable at all for an inspired writer of any kind.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Not everyone knows how to be silent or to leave in good time. It happens that even people of good breeding fail to notice that the...ir presence provokes in the weary or preoccupied host a feeling akin to hatred, and that this feeling is tensely concealed and covered up with lies.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
It is queer to contemplate how many people there are in any community who labor under the hallucination that if one is engaged in ...any occupation different from their own, that they are just having a good time, with no possible hardships to encounter.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Do let him read the papers. But not while you accusingly tiptoe around the room, or perch much like a silent bird of prey on the e...dge of your most uncomfortable chair. (He will read them anyway, and he should read them, so let him choose his own good time.) Don't make a big exit. Just go. But kiss him quickly, before you go, otherwise he might think you are angry; he is used to suspecting he is doing something wrong.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Kringelein: I'm going to live. I'm going to have a good time while I can. The Baron: That's my motto, Kringelein. A short lif...e and a gay one.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »