The spirit of wrath – not the words – is the sin; and the spirit of wrath is cursing. We begin to swear before we can talk.
It is an important thing, in our never-ending pursuit of happiness, to stop and just be happy for a while.
Hero: Person in a book who does things which he can’t and girl marries him for it.
Being rich ain’t what it’s cracked up to be. It’s just worry and worry, and sweat and sweat, and a-wishing you was dead all the time.
We like to read about rich people in the newspapers; the papers know it, and they do their best to keep this appetite liberally fed.
What is the chief end of man?-to get rich. In what way?-dishonestly if we can; honestly if we must.
It is easy to make plans in this world; even a cat can do it; and when one is out in those remote oceans it is noticeable that a cat’s plans and a man’s are worth about the same. There is much the same shrinkage in both, in the matter of values.
Wagner has some great moments, but a lot of miserable half hours.
If the world ends, I’ll just head on down to Kentucky because they’re always 20 years behind.
What a lie it is to call this a free country, where none but the unworthy and undeserving may swear.
We all like to see people sea-sick when we are not ourselves.
The best and most telling speech is not the actual impromptu one but the counterfeit of it.
I thoroughly believe that any man who’s got anything worthwhile to say will be heard if he only says it often enough.
A street in Constantinople is a picture which one ought to see once-not oftener.
You may have noticed that the less I know about a subject the more confidence I have, and the more new light I throw on it.
When it comes down to pure ornamental cursing, the native American is gifted above the sons of men.
We are all beggars, each in his own way.
There’s always a hole in theories somewhere if you look close enough.
There isn’t anything you can’t stand if you are only born and bred to it.
There is no humor in heaven.