Israel Zangwill

America is God's Crucible, the great Melting-Pot where all the races of Europe are melting and re-forming!

No, the real American has not yet arrived. He is only in the Crucible, I tell you - he will be the fusion of all races, perhaps the coming superman.

A man likes his wife to be just clever enough to appreciate his cleverness, and just stupid enough to admire it.

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.

My weight can swing by four stone.

Boston is an oasis in the desert, a place where the larger proportion of people are loving, rational and happy.