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.

Don't be condescending to unskilled labor. Try it for a half a day first.

Don't be condescending to unskilled labor. Try it for a half a day first.

It seems not to have been written. It is the quintessence of life. It is the basic truth.

It seems not to have been written. It is the quintessence of life. It is the basic truth.