Heywood Broun Quotes

» Sports do not build character. They reveal it.

» Nobody talks about God as those who insist that there is no God.

» The tragedy of life is not that man loses but that he almost wins.

» Everybody favours free speech in the slack moments when no axes are being ground.

» Brotherhood is not just a Bible word. Out of comradeship can come and will come the happy life for all.

» The great threat to the young and pure in heart is not what they read but what they don't read.

» I doubt whether the world holds for any one a more soul-stirring surprise than the first adventure with ice-cream.

» The most casual examination will reveal the fact that all the jokes about the horrible results of masculine cooking and sewing are written by men. It is all part of a great scheme of sex propaganda.

» The ability to make love frivolously is the chief characteristic which distinguishes human beings from beasts.

» A technical objection is the first refuge of a scoundrel.

» Hell is paved with great granite blocks hewn from the hearts of those who said, I can do no other.

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