Heywood Broun Quotes & Sayings

For truth there is no deadline. — Heywood Broun

Only Puritans think of the Devil as the most fascinating figure in the universe. — Heywood Broun

For the truth there is no deadline. — Heywood Broun

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

Appeasers believe that if you keep on throwing steaks to a tiger, the tiger will become a vegetarian. — Heywood Broun

With the suggestion of a compromise Gawaine mustered up enough courage to speak.
"What will you do if I surrender?" he asked.
"Why, I'll eat you," said the dragon.
"And if I don't surrender?"
"I'll eat you just the same. — Heywood Broun

Let's see," mused the dragon, "that doesn't tell us much, does it? What sort of a word is this? Is it an epithet, do you think?"
Gawaine could do no more than nod.
"Why, of course," exclaimed the dragon, "reactionary Republican. — Heywood Broun

Here you have learned the theories of life," continued the Headmaster, resuming the thread of his discourse, "but after all, life is not a matter of theories. Life is a matter of facts. It calls on the young and the old alike to face these facts, even though they are hard and sometimes unpleasant. Your problem, for example, is to slay dragons. — Heywood Broun

God, as some cynic has said, is always on the side which has the best football coach. — Heywood Broun

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

A technical objection is the first refuge of a scoundrel. — Heywood Broun

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. — Heywood Broun

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

He was of the mold from which great men are made. Having said of anything 'Let it be done' he at once felt not only that it was accomplished, but that he had done it himself. — Heywood Broun

Nobody talks so constantly about God as those who insist that there is no God. — Heywood Broun

The tragedy of life is not that man loses but that he almost wins. — Heywood Broun

Any given censor is a fool. The very fact that he is a censor indicates that. — Heywood Broun

A cat is nobody's fool. — Heywood Broun

As the dragon charged it released huge clouds of hissing steam through its nostrils. It was almost as if a gigantic teapot had gone mad. — Heywood Broun

He had a marvelously versatile gift for forgetting things. — Heywood Broun

The tradition of professional baseball always has been agreeably free of chivalry. The rule is, "Do anything you can get away with." — Heywood Broun

Everybody favours free speech in the slack moments when no axes are being ground. — Heywood Broun

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

When the ball was last seen crossing the roof of the stand in deep right field at 315 feet, we wonder whether new baseballs conversing together in the original package ever remark: "Join Ruth and see the world." — Heywood Broun

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