This quote is written / told by Lewis H. Lapham somewhere between January 8, 1935 and today. He/she was a famous Editor from USA.
The author also have 6 other quotes.
"Raising children is an incredibly hard and risky business in which no cumulative wisdom is gained: each generation repeats the mistakes the previous one made"
"Architects are pretty much high-class whores. We can turn down projects the way they can turn down some clients, but we've both got to say yes to someone if we want to stay in business"