History Quotes by O. Henry

He seemed to be made of sunshine and blood-red tissue and clear weather.

— O. Henry

My advice to you, if you should ever be in a hold up, is to line up with the cowards and save your bravery…

— O. Henry

“It did not exactly beggar description, but it certainly had that word on the lookout for the mendicancy squad.”

— O. Henry

Fortune is a prize to be won. Adventure is the road to it. Chance is what may lurk in the shadows at the roadside.

— O. Henry

She plucked from my lapel the invisible strand of lint (the universal act of woman to proclaim ownership).

— O. Henry

There is no well defined boundary line between honesty and dishonesty. The frontiers of one blend with the outside limits of the other, and…

— O. Henry

All great men have declared that they owe their sucess to the aid and encouragement of some brilliant woman.

— O. Henry

Those whom we first love we seldom marry

— O. Henry

Young artists must pave their way to Art by drawing pictures for magazine stories that young authors write to pave their way to Literature.

— O. Henry

A good story is like a bitter pill, with the sugar coating inside of it.

— O. Henry

I've got some of my best yarns from park benches, lamp posts and newspaper stands.

— O. Henry

There are stories in everything. I've got some of my best yarns from park benches, lampposts, and newspaper stands.

— O. Henry