“Ragtime was a fanfare for the 20th century.” — Russell Lynes Quote

Ragtime was a fanfare for the 20th century.

If you can't ignore an insult, top it; if you can't top it, laugh it off; and if you can't laugh it off, it's probably deserved.

the only graceful way to accept an insult is to ignore it; if you cant ignore it, top it; if you cant top it, laugh at it; if you cant laugh at it, its probably deserved

The true snob never rests; there is always a higher goal to attain, and there are, by the same token, always more and more people to look down upon.

Every journalist has a novel in him, which is an excellent place for it.

You don't have to be Jewish to understand the history of Europe in the 20th century, but it helps.

It's time to realise that tradition is fantastic but if because of tradition and only tradition you lose everyone it's less fantastic so you have to keep some tradition to this sport of course but you also have to live in your century.

This part of the 21st century is preoccupied with risk, and there's a lot that law can do to make lives longer and healthier.

From the beginning of this century, for a decade as chief minister of Gujarat and for just over four years as India's PM, Modi has made an indelible mark in the annals of our history.