Edgar Watson Howe Quotes
"A boy doesn't have to go to war to be a hero; he can say he doesn't like pie when he sees there isn't enough to go around."
- Edgar Watson Howe
(Related: War)
"If your faith is opposed to experience, to human learning and investigation, it is not worth the breath used in giving it expression."
- Edgar Watson Howe
(Related: Faith, Experience, Expression, Giving, Investigation, Learning, Worth)
"If a woman doesn't chase a man a little, she doesn't love him."
- Edgar Watson Howe
(Related: Love, Man, Woman)
"Half the time men think they are talking business, they are wasting time."
- Edgar Watson Howe
(Related: Men, Time, Business, Talking)
"For every quarrel a man and wife have before others, they have a hundred when alone."
- Edgar Watson Howe
(Related: Wife, Man, Quarrel)
"Fishing seems to be the favorite form of loafing."
- Edgar Watson Howe
(Related: Favorite, Fishing)
"Farmers only worry during the growing season, but townspeople worry all the time."
- Edgar Watson Howe
(Related: Time, Worry)
"Many a man is saved from being a thief by finding everything locked up."
- Edgar Watson Howe
(Related: Being, Man)
"Everyone suffers wrongs for which there is no remedy."
- Edgar Watson Howe
(Related: Wrongs)
"Many people would be more truthful were it not for their uncontrollable desire to talk."
- Edgar Watson Howe
(Related: People, Desire, Talk)
"Don't abuse your friends and expect them to consider it criticism."
- Edgar Watson Howe
(Related: Abuse, Criticism, Friends)
"All of the troubles that some people have in life is that which they married into."
- Edgar Watson Howe
(Related: Life, People)
"A woman who can't forgive should never have more than a nodding acquaintance with a man."
- Edgar Watson Howe
(Related: Acquaintance, Man, Woman)
"A woman is as old as she looks before breakfast."
- Edgar Watson Howe
(Related: Old, Woman)
"A modest man is usually admired, if people ever hear of him."
- Edgar Watson Howe
(Related: People, Man)
"A man will do more for his stubbornness than for his religion or his country."
- Edgar Watson Howe
(Related: Religion, Country, Man, Will)
"Families with babies and families without babies are sorry for each other."
- Edgar Watson Howe
(Related: Babies)
"The little trouble in the world that is not due to love is due to friendship."
- Edgar Watson Howe
(Related: Friendship, Love, Trouble, World)
"To be an ideal guest, stay at home."
- Edgar Watson Howe
(Related: Home, Guest)
"There is only one thing people like that is good for them; a good night's sleep."
- Edgar Watson Howe
(Related: People, Night, Sleep)
"The worst feeling in the world is the homesickness that comes over a man occasionally when he is at home."
- Edgar Watson Howe
(Related: Home, Feeling, Homesickness, Man, World)
"The way out of trouble is never as simple as the way in."
- Edgar Watson Howe
(Related: Trouble)
"The underdog often starts the fight, and occasionally the upper dog deserves to win."
- Edgar Watson Howe
(Related: Fight)
"The only way to amuse some people is to slip and fall on an icy pavement."
- Edgar Watson Howe
(Related: People)
"The most destructive criticism is indifference."
- Edgar Watson Howe
(Related: Criticism, Indifference)
"It may be a cold, clammy thing to say, but those that treat friendship the same as any other selfishness seem to get the most out of it."
- Edgar Watson Howe
(Related: Friendship, May, Selfishness)
"The man who can keep a secret may be wise, but he is not half as wise as the man with no secrets to keep."
- Edgar Watson Howe
(Related: Man, May, Secrets)
"A young man is a theory, an old man is a fact."
- Edgar Watson Howe
(Related: Fact, Man, Old, Theory)
"The greatest humiliation in life, is to work hard on something from which you expect great appreciation, and then fail to get it."
- Edgar Watson Howe
(Related: Work, Life, Appreciation)
"The feeling of sleepiness when you are not in bed, and can't get there, is the meanest feeling in the world."
- Edgar Watson Howe
(Related: Bed, Feeling, World)
"The average man's judgment is so poor, he runs a risk every time he uses it."
- Edgar Watson Howe
(Related: Time, Judgment, Man, Poor, Risk)
"One of the surprising things in this world is the respect a worthless man has for himself."
- Edgar Watson Howe
(Related: Man, Respect, World)
"None of us can boast about the morality of our ancestors. The record does not show that Adam and Eve were ever married."
- Edgar Watson Howe
(Related: Morality)
"Never tell a secret to a bride or a groom; wait until they have been married longer."
- Edgar Watson Howe
"Marriage is a good deal like a circus: there is not as much in it as is represented in the advertising."
- Edgar Watson Howe
(Related: Marriage, Advertising)
"The modest person is usually admired, if people ever hear of them."
- Edgar Watson Howe
(Related: People)
"Common sense is compelled to make its way without the enthusiasm of anyone."
- Edgar Watson Howe
(Related: Enthusiasm, Common sense)
"When a man has no reason to trust himself, he trusts in luck."
- Edgar Watson Howe
(Related: Trust, Luck, Man, Reason)
"When a man is trying to sell you something, don't imagine that he is polite all the time."
- Edgar Watson Howe
(Related: Time, Man, Trying)
"Virtue must be valuable, if men and women of all degrees pretend to have it."
- Edgar Watson Howe
(Related: Men, Women, Virtue)
"When men are not regretting that life is so short, they are doing something to kill time."
- Edgar Watson Howe
(Related: Life, Men, Time)