Words are a commodity in which there is never any slump. Christopher Morley More Quotes by Christopher Morley More Quotes From Christopher Morley Between ourselves, there is no such thing, abstractly, as a 'good' book. A book is 'good' only when it meets some human hunger or refutes some human error. Christopher Morley hungererrorsbook That's what this country needs -- more books! Christopher Morley countrybookneeds The everlasting lure of round-the-corner, how fascinating it is. Christopher Morley everlastingcornersfascinating People like to imagine that because all our mechanical equipment moves so much faster, that we are thinking faster, too. Christopher Morley peoplemovingthinking It is unfair to blame man too fiercely for being pugnacious; he learned the habit from Nature. Christopher Morley violenceliteraturemen Only the sinner has the right to preach. Christopher Morley sinnerliterature All students can learn. Christopher Morley students New York, the nation's thyroid gland. Christopher Morley citiesliteraturenew-york I wish there could be an international peace conference of booksellers, for (you will smile at this) my own conviction is that the future happiness of the world depends in no small measure on them and on the librarians. Christopher Morley future-happinesswishworld The human mind appears suddenly and inexplicably out of some unknown and unimaginable void. It passes half its known life in the mental chaos of sleep. Even when awake it is a victim of its own ill-adjustment, of disease, of age, of external suggestion, of nature's compulsions; it doubts its own sensations and trusts only in instruments and averages. Christopher Morley doubtsleepaverage Standing by the crib of one's own baby, with that world - old pang of compassion and protectiveness toward this so little creature that has all its course to run, the heart flies back in yearning and gratitude to those who felt just so toward one's self. Then for the first time one understands the homely succession of sacrifices and pains by which life is transmitted and fostered down the stumbling generations of men. Christopher Morley gratituderunningbaby God made man merely to hear some praise of what he'd done on those Five Days. Christopher Morley creation-of-mandonemen The greatest poem ever known Is one all poets have outgrown: The poetry, innate, untold, Of being only four years old. Christopher Morley childhoodchildrenyears Living in a bookshop is like living in a warehouse of explosives. Those shelves are ranked with the most furious combustibles in the world--the brains of men. Christopher Morley brainmenworld It's a good thing to turn your mind upside down now and then, like an hour-glass, to let the particles run the other way. Christopher Morley glassesrunningscience Mr. Gilbert had the earnest mania for self-improvement which has blighted the lives of so many young men. Christopher Morley selfyoungmen Man is unconquerable because he can make even his helplessness so entertaining. His motto seems to be "Even though He slay me, yet will I make fun of Him! Christopher Morley mottofunmen Never write up your diary on the day itself, for it takes longer than that to know what happened. Christopher Morley happeneddiarieswriting Any man worth his salt has by the time he is forty-five accumulated a crown of thorns, and the problem is to learn to wear it over one ear. Christopher Morley crownshardshipmen The plural of spouse is spice. Christopher Morley spiceshumorfunny
