Superciliousness is not safe after all, because a person who forms the habit of wearing it may some day find his lower… — Booth Tarkington Copy Share Image
I'm not sure he's wrong about automobiles," he said. "With all their speed forward they may be a step backward in civilization… — Booth Tarkington Copy Share Image
This is a boy's lot: anything he does, anything whatever, may afterward turn out to have been a crime - he never… — Booth Tarkington Copy Share Image
I'm not so sure he's wrong about automobiles," he said, "With all their speed forward they may be a step backward for… — 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
