A man is more than one being in his life. If the last persists, why not the first? If there be a hereafter for his age, why not for his youth? Gertrude Atherton More Quotes by Gertrude Atherton More Quotes From Gertrude Atherton There is a strong conservative instinct in the average man or woman, born of the hereditary fear of life, that prompts them to cling to old standards, or, if too intelligent to look inhospitably upon progress, to move very slowly. Both types are the brakes and wheelhorses necessary to a stable civilization, but history, even current history in the newspapers, would be dull reading if there were no adventurous spirits willing to do battle for new ideas. Gertrude Atherton strong reading moving Has it ever occurred to you, that the rich are at the mercy of the poor, not the poor at that of the rich? Who permits us to be rich if not the poor? Gertrude Atherton rich poor mercy A little superstition is a good thing to keep in one's bag of precautions. Gertrude Atherton bags superstitions littles if there's a spirit world why don't the ghosts of dead artists get together and inhibit bad playwrights from tormenting first-nighters? Gertrude Atherton artist together world when I am alone in the forest I always say my prayers; and that occasional solitary communion with God is surely the only true religion for intelligent beings. Gertrude Atherton intelligent prayer forests The only two good words that can be said for a hurricane are that it gives sufficient warning of its approach, and that it blows from one point of the compass at a time. Gertrude Atherton blow weather two Men are not amusing during the shooting season; but, after all, my dear, men were not especially designed to amuse women. Gertrude Atherton amusing shooting men there is no greater fraud or bore than the writer who has acquired the art of saying nothing brilliantly. Gertrude Atherton saying-nothing fraud art A long while ago an eager group of reformers wrote to me asking if I could suggest anything that would improve the morals of the American people. I replied that the trouble with the American people in general was not lack of morals but lack of brains. Gertrude Atherton brain long people If you can't get the very best in this world, take nothing. Gertrude Atherton this-world ifs world Better extirpate the whole breed, root and branch. And this, unless the German people come to their senses, is what we propose to do. Gertrude Atherton branches roots people
