British museum Quote by Christopher Morley

Beware of the conversationalist who adds "in other words." He is merely starting afresh.

— Christopher Morley

That's what this country needs -- more books!

— 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…

— Christopher Morley

All cities are mad: but the madness is gallant. All cities are beautiful: but the beauty is grim.

— Christopher Morley

People like to imagine that because all our mechanical equipment moves so much faster, that we are thinking faster, too.

— 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…

— Christopher Morley

A critic is a gong at a railroad crossing clanging loudly and vainly as the train goes by.

— Christopher Morley

Friendships do not grow up in any carefully tended and contemplated fashion… They begin haphazard.

— Christopher Morley

The real purpose of books is to trap the mind into doing its own thinking.

— 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…

— Christopher Morley

The censure of a dog is something no man can stand.

— Christopher Morley

High heels were invented by a woman who had been kissed on the forehead.

— Christopher Morley