Brooks Atkinson

It takes most men five years to recover from a college education, and to learn that poetry is as vital read more

It takes most men five years to recover from a college education, and to learn that poetry is as vital to thinking as knowledge.

In every age 'the good old days' were a myth. No one ever thought they were good at the time. read more

In every age 'the good old days' were a myth. No one ever thought they were good at the time. For every age has consisted of crises that seemed intolerable to the people who lived through them.

The perfect bureaucrat everywhere is the man who manages to make no decisions and escape all responsibility.

The perfect bureaucrat everywhere is the man who manages to make no decisions and escape all responsibility.

Drop the last year into the silent limbo of the past. Let it go, for it was imperfect, and thank read more

Drop the last year into the silent limbo of the past. Let it go, for it was imperfect, and thank God that it can go.

Every man with an idea has at least two or three followers.

Every man with an idea has at least two or three followers.