John Mason Brown Professions : Author Born : July 3, 1900 Died : March 16, 1969 Browse All Authors Top 34 quotes by John Mason Brown Friendship should be a private pleasure, not a public boast. I loathe those braggarts who are forever trying to invest themselves with importance by calling important people by their first names in or out of print. Such first-naming for effect makes me cringe. John Mason Brown names friendship people What a man is is the basis owhat he dreams and thinks, accepts and rejects, feels and perceives. John Mason Brown dream men thinking Most people spend most of their days doing what they do not want to do in order to earn the right, at times, to do what they may desire. John Mason Brown work order people The critic is a man who prefers the indolence of opinion to the trials of action. John Mason Brown trials action men I am as content to die for God's eternal truth on the scaffold as in any other way. John Mason Brown martyrdom eternal way I, John Brown, am now quite certain that the crimes of this guilty land will never be purged away but with Blood. John Mason Brown civil-war land blood I have lived long enough to be battered by the realities of life, and not too long to be downed by them. John Mason Brown enough long reality God spare me sclerosis of the curiosity, for the curiosity which craves to keep us informed about the small things no less than the large is the mainspring, the dynamo, the jet propulsion of all complete living. John Mason Brown propulsion brainstorming curiosity So much of TV seems to be chewing gum for the eyes.... TV desperately needs more self-reliance and pride in the medium. John Mason Brown eye pride self I am ready any time. Do not keep me waiting. John Mason Brown success time life Something deathless and dangerous in the world sweeps past you...It is something fearful and ominous, something turbulent and to be dreaded, which distends the drama to include the life of nations as well as of men. It is an ageless warning. John Mason Brown drama men past The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose. John Mason Brown Charm is a glow within a woman that casts a most becoming light on others. John Mason Brown glow others woman light How prophetic L'Enfant was when he laid out Washington as a city that goes around in circles! John Mason Brown out city how he Similar Authors F. E. Marsh author Iimani David author Beatrice Faust author Isabella Macdonald Alden author Isabella Beeton author Alan AtKisson author All Authors