"The evil that men do lives on the……" — Brooks Atkinson
"The evil that men do lives on the front pages of greedy newspapers, but the good is oft interred apathetically inside."
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39 Quotes by Brooks Atkinson
Brooks Atkinson has 39 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
- In every age 'the good old days' were a myth. No one ever thought they were good at the time.…
- Drop the last year into the silent limbo of the past. Let it go, for it was imperfect, and thank…
- The most fatal illusion is the settled point of view. Since life is growth and motion, a fixed point of…
- People everywhere enjoy believing things that they know are not true. It spares them the ordeal of thinking for themselves…
- I have no objections to churches so long as they do not interfere with God's work.
- After each war there is a little less democracy left to save.
- This nation was built by men who took risks-pioneers who were not afraid of the wilderness, businessmen who were not…
- There should be a dash of the amateur in criticism. For the amateur is a man of enthusiasm who has…
- Everyone in daily life carries such a heavy mixed burden on his own conscience that he is reluctant to penalize…
- The cheese and wine party has the form of friendship without the warmth and devotion. It is a device either…
- Don't be condescending to unskilled labor. Try it for a half a day first.
- Say "Yes" to the seedlings and a giant forest cleaves the sky. Say "Yes" to the universe and the planets…
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