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Christopher Morley quotes about manly

American Author May 5, 1890 – March 28, 1957

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When you sell a man a book you don't sell just twelve ounces of paper and ink and glue - you sell him a whole new life. Love and friendship and humour and ships at sea by night - there's all heaven and earth in a book, a real book. Christopher Morley
Christopher Morley quote: "When you sell a man a book, you don't sell him 12 ounces of..."
When you sell a man a book, you don't sell him 12 ounces of paper and ink and glue - you sell him a whole new life. Christopher Morley
Christopher Morley quote: "A man who has never made a woman angry is a failure in life."
A man who has never made a woman angry is a failure in life. Christopher Morley
Dancing is a wonderful training for girls, it's the first way you learn to guess what a man is going to do before he does it. Christopher Morley
I went to the theatre with the author of a successful play. He insisted on explaining everything. He told me what to watch, the details of the direction, the errors of the property man, the foibles of the star. He anticipated all of my surprises and ruined the evening. Never again! And mark you, the greatest author of all made no such mistake. Christopher Morley
Christopher Morley quote: "In every man's heart there is a secret nerve that answers to..."
In every man's heart there is a secret nerve that answers to the vibrations of beauty. Christopher Morley
Christopher Morley quote: "It is unfair to blame man too fiercely for being pugnacious;..."
It is unfair to blame man too fiercely for being pugnacious; he learned the habit from Nature. Christopher Morley
Printer's ink has been running a race against gunpowder these many, many years. Ink is handicapped, in a way, because you can blow up a man with gunpowder in half a second, while it may take twenty years to blow him up with a book. But the gunpowder destroys itself along with its victim, while a book can keep on exploding for centuries. Christopher Morley
Man is unconquerable because he can make even his helplessness so entertaining. His motto seems to be "Even though He slay me, yet will I make fun of Him! Christopher Morley
Christopher Morley quote: "No man is lonely eating spaghetti; it requires so much attention."
No man is lonely eating spaghetti; it requires so much attention. Christopher Morley
Christopher Morley quote: "No man is lonely while eating spaghetti: it requires so much..."
No man is lonely while eating spaghetti: it requires so much attention. Christopher Morley
Christopher Morley quote: "Man, an ingenious assembly of portable plumbing."
Man, an ingenious assembly of portable plumbing. Christopher Morley

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