A pessimist is a man who thinks all women are bad. An optimist is one who hopes they are. — Chauncey Depew Copy Share Image
My dinners have never interfered with my business. They have been my recreation. . . A public banquet, if eaten with thought and care,… — Chauncey Depew Copy Share Image
Force was the factor in the government of the world when Christ was born, and force was the source and exercise of authority both… — Chauncey Depew Copy Share Image
Follow the path of the unsafe, independent thinker. Expose your ideas to the dangers of controversy. Speak your mind and fear less the label… — Chauncey Depew Copy Share Image
If we claim heritage in Bacon, Shakespeare and Milton, we also acknowledge that it was for liberties guaranteed Englishmen by sacred charters our fathers… — Chauncey Depew Copy Share Image
When Franklin drew the lightning from the clouds, he little dreamed that in the evolution of science his discovery would illuminate the torch of… — Chauncey Depew Copy Share Image
As for food, half of my friends have dug their graves with their teeth. — Chauncey Depew Copy Share Image
It's pleasant to hear these nice words while I'm still alive. I'd rather have the taffy than the epitaphy. — Chauncey Depew Copy Share Image
I get my exercise acting as a pallbearer to my friends who exercise. — Chauncey Depew Copy Share Image
Neither realism nor romance furnishes a more striking and picturesque figure than that of Christopher Columbus. The mystery about his origin heightens the charm… — Chauncey Depew Copy Share Image
It is a pity that instead of the Pilgrim Fathers landing on Plymouth Rock, Plymouth Rock had not landed on the Pilgrim Fathers. — Chauncey Depew Copy Share Image
But the closer we study their lives, and the better we know their deeds, the more profound is our admiration and the greater our… — Chauncey Depew Copy Share Image
The enjoyment of life would be instantly gone if you removed the possibility of doing something. — Chauncey Depew Copy Share Image
