A Letter From The Publisher, Oct. 31, 1960

“By necessity, by proclivity, and by delight,” said Ralph Waldo Emerson, “we all quote.” In reporting the course of contempo rary history, TIME quotes by necessity, because the things that people say reveal much about what is going on in the world. And we also quote by delight. Some examples in this week’s TIME:

“He couldn’t stand to live with her any more because she wore so much cold cream on her face at night that her head would skid across the pillow and hit him in the head. He is now contemplating a new skidproof face cream.” See EDUCATION, Against IQs.

“These cats are solid.” See BUSINESS, Akwaaba, Satchmo.

“The fella I got on third is hitting pretty good and I know he can make that throw, and if he don’t make it that other fella I got coming up has shown me a lot, and if he can’t I have my guy and I know what he can do.” See SPORT, Exit Casey.

“Until you get bawdry, you won’t get lyricism. Until you get lyricism, you won’t get live theater.” See SHOW BUSINESS, Strasberg-on-Avon.

“It is easy to pooh-pooh the fact that the Party of the Right is now the largest student party in the Political Union at Yale, but it’s very important.” See PRESS, Angry Voice on the Right.

“After the ‘Appassionata,’ you should play nothing.” See Music, Debut to Remember.

“I would rather be seen nude than in curlers.” See EDUCATION, Weeding the Ivy.

“If any of you first-team boys sulk about being put on the second team and don’t play well there, we’ll see how you like it on the third team.” See SPORT, Coach Ben.

“The days of the Sunday afternoon intellectual ghetto are over.” See SHOW BUSINESS, News That’s Fit to Tape.

“There are millions of people who don’t want to be first, who believe first place is too crowded.” See BUSINESS. The Real Brand X.

“The electron microscope is like the monkey wrench on the garage wall; what you do with it is the important thing.” See MEDICINE, Prize Week.

“Other countries may offer you discoveries in manners or lore or landscape; Greece offers you something harder—the discovery of yourself.” See BOOKS, Adrift on a Wine-Dark Sea.

“Hi ho, ho hum. I sit at my desk with my mongrel dog at my left foot, and Ooka, my pet chimpanzee, playing with my shoelaces. A goat is walking on the roof.” See FOREIGN NEWS, The Wanted American.

“King, where is your crown? I thought all kings wore crowns.” See PEOPLE.

“Many women must resign themselves to a less-than-satisfying marriage, for social reasons.” See MEDICINE, Kinsey Revisited.

“Most good men are bad choosers and all the best are married.” See BOOKS, Sacred & Profane.