Life is not a matter of theories. Life is a matter of facts. It calls on the young and the old alike to face these facts, even though they are hard and sometimes unpleasant. — Heywood Broun Copy Share Image
“Here you have learned the theories of life," continued the Headmaster, resuming the thread of his discourse, "but after all, life is not a matter of theories. Life is a matter of facts. It calls on the young and the… — Heywood Broun Copy Share Image
Perhaps the most startling reversal of tradition came in the case of Lefty Grove. He shattered the cruel slanders which have always followed lefthanders. — Heywood Broun Copy Share Image
Every now and then, we hear parents commenting on the fearful things which motion pictures may do to the minds of children. They seem… — Heywood Broun Copy Share Image
God, as some cynic has said, is always on the side which has the best football coach. — Heywood Broun Copy Share Image
It is ridiculous to say that Sacco and Vanzetti are being railroaded to the chair. The situation is much worse than that. This is… — Heywood Broun Copy Share Image
The ability to make love frivolously is the chief characteristic which distinguishes human beings from the beasts — Heywood Broun Copy Share Image
Increasingly, it becomes evident that managing a ball club is a psychiatrist's job. In a short series, the mental attitude of the combatants is… — Heywood Broun Copy Share Image
We are under no delusions as to the innate goodness even of very small children. They are bad a great deal of the time,… — Heywood Broun Copy Share Image
The tradition of professional baseball always has been agreeably free of chivalry. The rule is, "Do anything you can get away with." — Heywood Broun Copy Share Image
Men build bridges and throw railways across deserts, and yet they contend successfully that the job of sewing on a button is beyond them — Heywood Broun Copy Share Image
I doubt whether the world holds for any one a more soul-stirring surprise than the first adventure with ice-cream. — Heywood Broun Copy Share Image
The ablity to make love frivolously is the thing which distinguishes human beings from the beasts. — Heywood Broun Copy Share Image
The most casual examination will reveal the fact that all the jokes about the horrible results of masculine cooking and sewing are written by… — Heywood Broun Copy Share Image
The tragedy of life is not that a man loses but that he almost wins. — Heywood Broun Copy Share Image
All spiritual things must have in them a childlike quality. The belief in immortality rests not very much on the hope of going on.… — Heywood Broun Copy Share Image
