Simon Pegg
English actor (born 1970)
Finley Peter Dunne
American humorist (1867-1936)
Finley Peter Dunnewas an American humorist, journalist and writer from Chicago. In 1898 Dunne published Mr.
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Finley Peter Dunnewas an American humorist, journalist and writer from Chicago. In 1898 Dunne published Mr. Dooley in Peace and in War, his first collection of the nationally syndicated Mr. Dooley sketches. Written as though speaking with the thick verbiage and accent of an Irish immigrant from County Roscommon, Dunne’s fictional “Mr. Dooley” expounded upon political and social issues of the day from behind the bar of his South Side Chicago Irish pub. Dunne’s sly humor and political acumen won the support of President Theodore Roosevelt, a frequent target of Mr. Dooley’s barbs. Dunne’s sketches became so popular and such a litmus test of public opinion that they were read each week at White House cabinet meetings.
Born to Irish immigrant parents and raised in Chicago, Dunne went to work for newspapers as a teenager. In the late 19th century, he and Eugene Field garnered attention for the humorous columns they separately published in the Chicago Daily News. Dunne also continued as a reporter, often covering politics, moving to a series of Chicago papers.
16 Quotes by Finley Peter Dunne
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One of the strangest things about life is that the poor, who need the money the most, are the ones that never have it.
Finley Peter DunneAmerican humorist (1867-1936)
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The past always looks better than it was. It’s only pleasant because it isn’t here.
Finley Peter DunneAmerican humorist (1867-1936)
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Alcohol is necessary for a man so that he can have a good opinion of himself, undisturbed be the facts.
Finley Peter DunneAmerican humorist (1867-1936)
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Most vegetarians look so much like the food they eat that they can be classified as cannibals.
Finley Peter DunneAmerican humorist (1867-1936)
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Trust everybody, but cut the cards.
Finley Peter DunneAmerican humorist (1867-1936)
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A fanatic is a man that does what he thinks the Lord would do if He knew the facts of the case.
Finley Peter DunneAmerican humorist (1867-1936)
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The only good husbands stay bachelors: They’re too considerate to get married.
Finley Peter DunneAmerican humorist (1867-1936)
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It don’t make much difference what you study, so long as you don’t like it.
Finley Peter DunneAmerican humorist (1867-1936)
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The world is not growing worse and it is not growing better – it is just turning around as usual.
Finley Peter DunneAmerican humorist (1867-1936)
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Don’t jump on a man unless he is down.
Finley Peter DunneAmerican humorist (1867-1936)
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Comfort the afflicted, and afflict the comfortable.
Finley Peter DunneAmerican humorist (1867-1936)
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Vice is a creature of such hideous mien… that the more you see it the better you like it.
Finley Peter DunneAmerican humorist (1867-1936)
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A lie with a purpose is one of the worst kind, and the most profitable.
Finley Peter DunneAmerican humorist (1867-1936)
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There ain’t any news in being good. You might write the doings of all the convents of the world on the back of a postage stamp, and have room to spare.
Finley Peter DunneAmerican humorist (1867-1936)
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An appeal is when you ask one court to show it’s contempt for another court.
Finley Peter DunneAmerican humorist (1867-1936)
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There are no friends at cards or world politics.
Finley Peter DunneAmerican humorist (1867-1936)