Author: Heywood Broun

Quotes

The tragedy of life is not that man loses but that he almost wins.

The tragedy of life is not that man loses but that he almost wins.

- Heywood Broun

I doubt whether the world holds for any one a more soul-stirring surprise than the first adventure with ice-cream.

I doubt whether the world holds for any one a more soul-stirring surprise than the first adventure with ice-cream.

- Heywood Broun

The ability to make love frivolously is the chief characteristic which distinguishes human beings from beasts.

The ability to make love frivolously is the chief characteristic which distinguishes human beings from beasts.

- Heywood Broun

Sports do not build character. They reveal it.

Sports do not build character. They reveal it.

- Heywood Broun

'Get up and hit a home run,' has never been a part of the usable technique of any manager.

'Get up and hit a home run,' has never been a part of the usable technique of any manager.

- Heywood Broun

Increasingly, it becomes evident that managing a ball club is a psychiatrist's job. In a short series, the mental attitude of the combatants is everything.

Increasingly, it becomes evident that managing a ball club is a psychiatrist's job. In a short series, the mental attitude of the combatants is everything.

- Heywood Broun

Brotherhood is not just a Bible word. Out of comradeship can come and will come the happy life for all.

Brotherhood is not just a Bible word. Out of comradeship can come and will come the happy life for all.

- Heywood Broun

The great threat to the young and pure in heart is not what they read but what they don't read.

The great threat to the young and pure in heart is not what they read but what they don't read.

- Heywood Broun

Nobody talks so constantly about God as those who insist that there is no God.

Nobody talks so constantly about God as those who insist that there is no God.

- Heywood Broun

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