“Is it worth while to observe that there are no Venetian blinds in Veni...” — William Dean Howells Quote

“Is it worth while to observe that there are no Venetian blinds in Venice?”

“There will presently be no room in the world for things; it will be filled up with the advertisements of things.”

“Primitive societies without religion have never been found.”

“Spring has many American faces. There are cities where it will come and go in a day and counties where it hangs around and never quite gets there. Summer is drawn blinds in Louisiana, long winds in Wyoming, shade of elms and maples in New England.”

“Reaganism as a political movement has enormous resources behind it and it seeks - through stagecraft and through a tremendous level of effort toward propaganda - to present an image of Reagan that is so much larger-than-life that it sort of blinds us all, and keeps us all in a warm, happy, nostalgic state, thinking of a man who can do no wrong.”