Heywood Broun Quotes

"A technical objection is the first refuge of a scoundrel."
- Heywood Broun
(Related: First)

"Brotherhood is not just a Bible word. Out of comradeship can come and will come the happy life for all."
- Heywood Broun
(Related: Life, Bible, Brotherhood, Will, Word)

"Everybody favours free speech in the slack moments when no axes are being ground."
- Heywood Broun
(Related: Being, Free speech, Moments)

"I doubt whether the world holds for any one a more soul-stirring surprise than the first adventure with ice-cream."
- Heywood Broun
(Related: Soul, Adventure, Doubt, First, World)

"Sports do not build character. They reveal it."
- Heywood Broun
(Related: Sports, Character)

"The ability to make love frivolously is the chief characteristic which distinguishes human beings from beasts."
- Heywood Broun
(Related: Love, Ability)

"The great threat to the young and pure in heart is not what they read but what they don't read."
- Heywood Broun
(Related: Heart)

"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
(Related: Men, Sex, Cooking, Examination, Fact, Jokes, Propaganda, Results, Will)

"The tragedy of life is not that man loses but that he almost wins."
- Heywood Broun
(Related: Life, Man, Tragedy)

"Hell is paved with great granite blocks hewn from the hearts of those who said, I can do no other."
- Heywood Broun
(Related: Hell)