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> [“I went to the theatre with the author of a successful play. He insisted on explaining everything. He told me what to watch, the details of the direction, the errors of the property man, the foibles of the star. He…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-morley/i-went-to-the-theatre-with-the-author-of-a-successful-play-he/)

[Christopher Morley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-morley/)

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## More by Christopher Morley

> [Beware of the conversationalist who adds "in other words." He is merely starting afresh.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-morley/beware-of-the-conversationalist-who-adds-in-other-words-he-is-merely/)

[Christopher Morley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-morley/)

> [That's what this country needs -- more books!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-morley/that-s-what-this-country-needs-more-books/)

[Christopher Morley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-morley/)

> [Between ourselves, there is no such thing, abstractly, as a 'good' book. A book is 'good' only when it meets some human hunger or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-morley/between-ourselves-there-is-no-such-thing-abstractly-as-a-good-book-a/)

[Christopher Morley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-morley/)

> [All cities are mad: but the madness is gallant. All cities are beautiful: but the beauty is grim.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-morley/all-cities-are-mad-but-the-madness-is-gallant-all-cities-are/)

[Christopher Morley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-morley/)

> [People like to imagine that because all our mechanical equipment moves so much faster, that we are thinking faster, too.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-morley/people-like-to-imagine-that-because-all-our-mechanical-equipment/)

[Christopher Morley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-morley/)

> [“There are three ingredients in the good life: learning, earning, and yearning. A man should be learning as he goes; and he should be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-morley/there-are-three-ingredients-in-the-good-life-learning-earning-and/)

[Christopher Morley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-morley/)

> [A critic is a gong at a railroad crossing clanging loudly and vainly as the train goes by.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-morley/a-critic-is-a-gong-at-a-railroad-crossing-clanging-loudly-and-vainly/)

[Christopher Morley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-morley/)

> [Friendships do not grow up in any carefully tended and contemplated fashion… They begin haphazard.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-morley/friendships-do-not-grow-up-in-any-carefully-tended-and-contemplated/)

[Christopher Morley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-morley/)

> [The real purpose of books is to trap the mind into doing its own thinking.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-morley/the-real-purpose-of-books-is-to-trap-the-mind-into-doing-its-own/)

[Christopher Morley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-morley/)

> [If we discovered that we had only five minutes left to say all that we wanted to say, every telephone booth would be occupied…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-morley/if-we-discovered-that-we-had-only-five-minutes-left-to-say-all-that/)

[Christopher Morley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-morley/)

> [The censure of a dog is something no man can stand.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-morley/the-censure-of-a-dog-is-something-no-man-can-stand/)

[Christopher Morley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-morley/)

> [High heels were invented by a woman who had been kissed on the forehead.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-morley/high-heels-were-invented-by-a-woman-who-had-been-kissed-on-the/)

[Christopher Morley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-morley/)

> [The courage of the poet is to keep ajar the door that leads into madness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-morley/the-courage-of-the-poet-is-to-keep-ajar-the-door-that-leads-into/)

[Christopher Morley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-morley/)

> [“Calling us men doesn't make us men. No creature on earth has a right to think himself a human being if he doesn't know at least…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-morley/calling-us-men-doesn-t-make-us-men-no-creature-on-earth-has-a-right/)

[Christopher Morley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-morley/)

> [A human being: an ingenious assembly of portable plumbing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-morley/a-human-being-an-ingenious-assembly-of-portable-plumbing/)

[Christopher Morley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-morley/)

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