81 Quotes by Louis Kronenberger

The closer and more confidential our relationship with someone, the less we are entitled to ask about what we are not voluntarily told.

The Englishman wants to be recognized as a gentleman, or as some other suitable species of human being; the American wants to be considered a good guy.

There seems to be a terrible misunderstanding on the part of a great many people to the effect that when you cease to believe you may cease to behave.

Individualism is rather like innocence; there must be something unconscious about it.

The trouble with our age is all signposts and no destination.

Old age is an excellent time for outrage. My goal is to say or do at least one outrageous thing every week.

Many people today don't want honest answers insofar as honest means unpleasant or disturbing, They want a soft answer that turneth away anxiety.

It is the gossip columnist's business to write about what is none of his business.

Nothing so soothes our vanity as a display of greater vanity in others; it make us vain, in fact, of our modesty.