“I never could see anything wrong in sensationalism; and I am sure our society is suffering more from secrecy than from flamboyant revelations.”
– Illustrated London News, Oct. 4, 1919
“With all that we hear of American hustle and hurry, it is rather strange that Americans seem to like to linger on longer words.”
– “A Meditation in a New York Hotel,” What I Saw in America
“It is true that I am of an older fashion; much that I love has been destroyed or sent into exile.”
– The Judgement of Dr. Johnson, Act III
“I think the oddest thing about the advanced people is that, while they are always talking about things as problems, they have hardly any notion of what a real problem is.”
– Uses of Diversity
“There have been household gods and household saints and household fairies. I am not sure that there have yet been any factory gods or factory saints or factory fairies. I may be wrong, as I am no commercial expert, but I have not heard of them as yet.”
– Illustrated London News, Dec. 18, 1926
“Over-civilization and barbarism are within an inch of each other. And a mark of both is the power of medicine-men.”
– Illustrated London News, Sept. 11, 1909
“By experts in poverty I do not mean sociologists, but poor men.”
– Illustrated London News, March 25, 1911
“The modern city is ugly not because it is a city but because it is not enough of a city, because it is a jungle, because it is confused and anarchic, and surging with selfish and materialistic energies.”
– “The Way to the Stars,” Lunacy and Letters
“Self-denial is the test and definition of self-government.”
– “The Field of Blood,” Alarms and Discursions