I think a major element of jetlag is psychological. Nobody ever tells me what time it is at home.

Surely the glory of journalism is its transience.

Crying wolf is a real danger.

An orgy looks particularly alluring seen through the mists of righteous indignation.

For 50 years my father worked for the railroad.

In front of us was not a line but a fortress position, twenty miles deep, entrenched and fortified, defended by masses of machine-gun posts and thousands of guns in a wide arc. No chance for...

It is that range of biodiversity that we must care for – the whole thing – rather than just one or two stars.

The pursuit of happiness, which American citizens are obliged to undertake, tends to involve them in trying to perpetuate the moods, tastes and aptitudes of youth.

People are not going to care about animal conservation unless they think that animals are worthwhile.

Good taste and humor are a contradiction in terms, like a chaste whore.

I think America has a brilliant future.

It was so quiet that morning in Paris that the heels of my two companions and myself were loud on the deserted pavements. It was a city of shuttered shops, and barred windows, and deserted...

The question is, are we happy to suppose that our grandchildren may never be able to see an elephant except in a picture book?

Every happening, great and small, is a parable whereby God speaks to us, and the art of life is to get the message.

The only way to save a rhinoceros is to save the environment in which it lives, because there’s a mutual dependency between it and millions of other species of both animals and plants.

The truth is that a lost empire, lost power and lost wealth provide perfect circumstances for living happily and contentedly in our enchanted island.

Throughout America’s young history there has been a necessary tension between the individual and the group.

It’s better to give than to lend and it costs about the same.