All Gelett Burgess Quotes
- To appreciate nonsense requires a serious interest in life. Appreciate
- Imagination is like a lofty building reared to meet the sky; whereas fancy is a balloon that soars at the wind's will. Balloon
- It is in the blood of genius to love play for its own sake, and whether one uses one's skill on thrones or women, swords… Blood
- There is indeed no such thing in life as absolute darkness; one's eyes revolt and hasten to fill the vacuum by floating in sparks, dream… Absolute
- Verily, men do foolish things thoughtlessly, knowing not why; but no woman doeth aught without a reason. Aught
- Love is only chatter, friends are all that matter. All
- When the waitress puts the dinner on the table, the old men look at the dinner. The young men look at the waitress. Dinner
- A woman and a mouse, they carry a tale wherever they go. Carry
- Thinking a smile all the time will keep your face youthful. All
- Her heart is older than her head; yea, her emotion is the mother of her reason Emotion
- Most women have all other women as adversaries; most men have all other men as their allies. Adversaries
- The old say, "I remember when." The young say, "What's the news?" Aging
- Repeat not the manner of a flirtation; for lo, all the world shall hear of it, and women will taunt thee. All
- Ah, yes! I wrote the "Purple Cow" - I'm sorry, now, I wrote it! But I can tell you anyhow, I'll kill you if you… Ah
- The temptation to vivify the tale and make it walk abroad on its own legs is hard to deny. Abroad
- Old friends, we say, are best, when some sudden disillusionment shakes our faith in a new comrade. Best
- Count no matron happy until she hath passed thirty, and hath not waxed fat. Count
- In the mind of a woman, to give birth to a child is the short cut to omniscience. Birth
- To make fun of a person to his face is a brutal way of amusing one's self; be delicate and cunning, and keep your laugh… Amusing
- Without bigots, eccentrics, cranks and heretics the world would not progress. Bigots
- Our bodies are apt to be our autobiographies. Apt
- My feet, they haul me Round the House, They hoist me up the Stairs; I only have to steer them, and They Ride me Everywheres. Feet
- A good woman would rather be the mother of a genius than the wife of a hero Genius
- Maxims are like lawyers who must need to see but one side of the case. Case
- It was Matisse who took the first step into the undiscovered land of the ugly. Beauty