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Heywood Broun
American
Journalist
About the author
A technical objection is the first refuge of a scoundrel.
Heywood Broun,
American
Journalist
#First
Nobody talks about God as those who insist that there is no God.
Heywood Broun,
American
Journalist
#God
Brotherhood is not just a Bible word. Out of comradeship can come and will come the happy life for all.
Heywood Broun,
American
Journalist
#Life
#Will
#Bible
#Word
#Brotherhood
Everybody favours free speech in the slack moments when no axes are being ground.
Heywood Broun,
American
Journalist
#Being
#Moments
#Free speech
I doubt whether the world holds for any one a more soul-stirring surprise than the first adventure with ice-cream.
Heywood Broun,
American
Journalist
#World
#First
#Soul
#Doubt
#Adventure
Sports do not build character. They reveal it.
Heywood Broun,
American
Journalist
#Character
#Sports
The ability to make love frivolously is the chief characteristic which distinguishes human beings from beasts.
Heywood Broun,
American
Journalist
#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,
American
Journalist
#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,
American
Journalist
#Will
#Men
#Fact
#Results
#Jokes
#Sex
#Cooking
#Propaganda
#Examination
The tragedy of life is not that man loses but that he almost wins.
Heywood Broun,
American
Journalist
#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,
American
Journalist
#Hell