亨利·路易斯·门肯是美国记者、散文家、讽刺作家、文化批评家、美国英语学者。他广泛地评论了社会舞台、文学、音乐、著名政治家和当代运动。他对斯科普斯审判的讽刺报道，他称之为“猴子审判”，也引起了他的注意。获奖：美国文学艺术学院美女文学奖（1950）
I write in order to attain that feeling of tension relieved and function achieved which a cow enjoys on giving milk.
我写这篇文章是为了达到一种放松的感觉，一头母牛在产奶时所享受到的功能。
I confess I enjoy democracy immensely. It is incomparably idiotic, and hence incomparably amusing.
我承认我非常享受民主。这是无可比拟的愚蠢，因此无可比拟的有趣。
If women believed in their husbands they would be a good deal happier and also a good deal more foolish.
如果女人相信自己的丈夫，她们会更幸福，也会更愚蠢。
To die for an idea; it is unquestionably noble. But how much nobler it would be if men died for ideas that were true!
为一个想法而死；它无疑是高尚的。但是，如果人们为真理而死，那将是多么高尚！
Love is an emotion that is based on an opinion of women that is impossible for those who have had any experience with them.
爱是一种情感，这种情感是建立在对女人的看法上的，对那些有过恋爱经历的人来说是不可能的。
Have you ever watched a crab on the shore crawling backward in search of the Atlantic Ocean, and missing? That's the way the mind of man operates.
你有没有看到一只螃蟹在岸边向后爬行，寻找大西洋，却失踪了？这就是人类思维的运作方式。
The chief contribution of Protestantism to human thought is its massive proof that God is a bore.
新教对人类思想的主要贡献是它大量证明了上帝是一个令人厌烦的人。
A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin.
愤世嫉俗者是这样一个人：当他闻到花香时，会四处寻找棺材。