They were upon their great theme: "When I get to be a man!" Being human, though boys, they considered their present estate too commonplace to be dwelt upon. So, when the old men gather, they say: "When I was a… — Booth Tarkington Copy Share Image
The only good in pretending is the fun we get out of fooling ourselves that we fool somebody. — Booth Tarkington Copy Share Image
Gossip is never fatal until it is denied. Gossip goes on about every human being alive and about all the dead that are alive… — Booth Tarkington Copy Share Image
Take your work seriously but never take yourself seriously and do not take what happens either to yourself or your work seriously. — Booth Tarkington Copy Share Image
“My wife says Ambersons don’t make lettuce salad the way other people do; they don’t chop it up with sugar and vinegar at all.… — Booth Tarkington Copy Share Image
The only safe male rebuke to a scornful female is to stay away from her - especially if that is what she desires. — Booth Tarkington Copy Share Image
Some day the laws of glamour must be discovered, because they are so important that the world would be wiser now if Sir Isaac… — Booth Tarkington Copy Share Image
The understanding smile of an old wife to her husband is one of the loveliest things in the world. — Booth Tarkington Copy Share Image
Boyhood is the longest time in life for a boy. The last term of the school-year is made of decades, not of weeks, and… — Booth Tarkington Copy Share Image
“In the days before deathly contrivances hustled them through their lives, and when they had no telephones- they had time for everything: time to… — Booth Tarkington Copy Share Image
“So far as Alice was concerned Russell might have worn a placard,'Engaged'. She looked upon him as diners entering a restaurant look upon tables… — Booth Tarkington Copy Share Image
