One of the penalties of being a human being is other human beings. Christopher Morley More Quotes by Christopher Morley More Quotes From Christopher Morley We call a child's mind 'small' simply by habit; perhaps it is larger than ours is, for it can take in almost anything without effort. Christopher Morley effortinspirationalchildren Life is a foreign language; all men mispronounce it. Christopher Morley menlifetravel Beauty is ever to the lonely mind a shadow fleeting; she is never plain. She is a visitor who leaves behind the gift of grief, the souvenir of pain. Christopher Morley painlonelybeauty A doctor is advertised by the bodies he cures. My business is advertised by the minds I stimulate. And let me tell you that the book business is different from other trades. People don't know they want books. I can see just by looking at you that your mind is ill for lack of books but you are blissfully unaware of it! Christopher Morley doctorsbookpeople Be prepared for truth at all hours and in the most fantastic disguises. This is the only safety. Christopher Morley hourssafetytruth April prepares her green traffic light and the world thinks Go. Christopher Morley easterspringthinking There is no mistaking a real book when one meets it. It is like falling in love. Christopher Morley falling-in-loverealinspirational Why do they put the Gideon Bibles only in the bedrooms, where it's usually too late...? Christopher Morley gideonliteraturetoo-late 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 love-liferealbook There is only one rule for being a good talker - learn to listen. Christopher Morley communicationwisdomadvice We've had bad luck with our kids - they've all grown up. Christopher Morley birthdaykidschildren 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 educationinspirationalbook Big shots are only little shots who keep shooting. Christopher Morley motivationalinspirationallife My theology, briefly, is that the universe was dictated but not signed. Christopher Morley mathematicsgodphilosophy All cities are mad: but the madness is gallant. All cities are beautiful: but the beauty is grim. Christopher Morley madcitiesbeautiful The courage of the poet is to keep ajar the door that leads into madness. Christopher Morley couragedoorsart If we discovered that we only had five minutes left to say all that we wanted to say, every telephone booth would be occupied by people calling other people to stammer that they loved them. Christopher Morley lovefriendshippeople 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 runningsciencebook In every man's heart there is a secret nerve that answers to the vibrations of beauty. Christopher Morley faithbeautyfall The enemies of the future are always the very nicest people. Christopher Morley fake-peoplepeopleenemy
