Arthur Guiterman Quotes

Admitting Error clears the Score, And proves you Wiser than before

The porcupine, which one must handle gloved, may be respected, but is never loved.

First dentistry was painless. Then bicycles were chainless, Carriages were horseless, And many laws enforceless. Next cookery was fireless, Telegraphy was wireless, Cigars were nicotineless, And coffee caffeineless. Soon oranges were seedless, The putting green was weedless, The college boy was hatless, The proper diet fatless. New motor roads are dustless, The latest steel is rustless, Our tennis courts are sodless, Our new religion—godless.

So once in every year we throng Upon a day apart, to praise the Lord with feast and song in thankfulness of heart.

In life as in football, fall forward when you fall.

Don't tell your friends about your indigestion. "How are you" is a greeting, not a question.

It takes a bee to get the honey out

I hope the Vandals had thorns in their sandals

Active minds that think and study, like swift brooks are seldom muddy.

When life is woe, and hope is dumb, the World says, "Go!" The Grave says, "Come!