"It's always the generals with the bloodiest records who are the first to shout what a hell it is. And it's always the war widows who lead the Memorial Day parades."
"My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country."
John F. Kennedy on Memorialday"Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it."
Mark Twain on Memorialday"Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism."
George Washington on Memorialday"I love America more than any other country in this world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually."
James A. Baldwin on Memorialday"A man's country is not a certain area of land, of mountains, rivers, and woods, but it is a principle and patriotism is loyalty to that principle."
George William Curtis on Memorialday"Artists don't talk about art. Artists talk about work. If I have anything to say to young writers, it's stop thinking of writing as art. Think of it as work."
"Television is democracy at its ugliest."
"Artists don't talk about art. Artists talk about work. If I have anything to say to young writers, it's stop thinking of writing as art. Think of it as work."