Swearing was invented as a compromise between running away and fighting. — Finley Peter Dunne Copy Share Image
A firm belief atthracts facts. They come out iv holes in the ground an' cracks in th' wall to support belief, but… — Finley Peter Dunne Copy Share Image
Th' newspaper does ivrything f'r us. It runs th' polis foorce an' th' banks, commands th' milishy, controls th' ligislachure, baptizes th'… — Finley Peter Dunne Copy Share Image
When the American people get through with the English language, it will look as if it had been run over by a… — Finley Peter Dunne Copy Share Image
If Christian scientists had more science and doctors more Christianity, it wouldn't make any difference which you called in - if you had a… — Finley Peter Dunne Copy Share Image
Freedom is like drink. If you take any at all, you might as well take enough to make you happy for a while. — Finley Peter Dunne Copy Share Image
Th' first thing to have in a libry is a shelf. Fr'm time to time this can be decorated with lithrachure. But th' shelf… — Finley Peter Dunne Copy Share Image
The world is not growing worse and it is not growing better - it is just turning around as usual. — Finley Peter Dunne Copy Share Image
Politics ain't beanbag: 'tis a man's game, and women, children 'n' pro-hy-bitionists had best stay out of it. — Finley Peter Dunne Copy Share Image
“What I wud do if I was Buller, an' I thank Hivin I'm not, wud be move me ar-rmy in half-an-hour over th' high… — Finley Peter Dunne Copy Share Image
What is instinct? It is the natural tendency in one when filled with dismay to turn to his wife. — Finley Peter Dunne Copy Share Image
That is, no matther whether th' constitution follows th' flag or not, th' supreme coort follows th' iliction returns. — Finley Peter Dunne Copy Share Image
The only good husbands stay bachelors: They're too considerate to get married. — Finley Peter Dunne Copy Share Image
High finance isn't burglary or obtaining money by false pretenses, but rather a judicious selection from the best features of those fine arts. — Finley Peter Dunne Copy Share Image
It is more comfortable to feel that we are a slight improvement on a monkey than such a fallin' off from the angels. — Finley Peter Dunne Copy Share Image
