“Every eight years, the people swallow some politician hook, line, and sinker and make him president. They hold him on the political… — Erle Stanley Gardner Copy Share Image
“did you ever hear of a politician who wasn’t elected on a platform of economy in office?” “That isn’t it,” I said.… — Erle Stanley Gardner Copy Share Image
“And then what happens to the reformer, lover? He either has to build up a political machine or else he’s defeated at… — Erle Stanley Gardner Copy Share Image
“You might be interested in his economic philosophy, Mr. Mason. He believed men attached too much importance to money as such. He believed a dollar represented a token of work performed, that men were given these tokens to hold until they needed the product of work performed by some other man, that anyone who tried to get a token without… — Erle Stanley Gardner Copy Share
“I take it," the lawyer remarked musingly, "patience isn't one of your virtues." "I didn't know," she said, "that patience WAS a virtue.” — Erle Stanley Gardner Copy Share Image
“of the murder and whether he could possibly have been out there at the country club at the time the murder was committed. “There’s… — Erle Stanley Gardner Copy Share Image
I have never stuck up for any criminal. I have merely asked for the orderly administration of an impartial justice...Due legal process is my… — Erle Stanley Gardner Copy Share Image
“Every eight years, the people swallow some politician hook, line, and sinker and make him president. They hold him on the political stomach for… — Erle Stanley Gardner Copy Share Image
I like what I like and not what I'm supposed to like because of mass rating. And I very much dislike the things I… — Erle Stanley Gardner Copy Share Image
“Dear Editor: It's a damn good story. If you have any comments, write them on the back of a check. ” — Erle Stanley Gardner Copy Share Image
“reason I am telling you all of this is that, according to Harrod, Fern Driscoll” — Erle Stanley Gardner Copy Share Image
The real trouble with the writing game is that no general rule can be worked out for uniform guidance, and this applies to sales… — Erle Stanley Gardner Copy Share Image
“If you ask me, this younger generation is altogether too careless about their morals.” — Erle Stanley Gardner Copy Share Image
“A nurse,” I said, “would be wearing a starched uniform, and she’d have a fever thermometer ready to jab into a patient’s mouth at… — Erle Stanley Gardner Copy Share Image
