Arthur Guiterman Quotations

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

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

For the young Gaels of Ireland Are the lads that drive me mad, For half their words need footnotes And half their rhymes are bad.

God, give me hills to climb, And strength for climbing!

Amoebas at the start Were not complex; They tore themselves apart And started Sex.

What one approves , another scorns, And thus his nature each discloses: You find the rosebush full of thorns, I find the thornbush full of roses.

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.

The Cat on your hearthstone to this day presages, By solemnly sneezing, the coming of rain!

The stones that critics hurl with harsh intent, a man may use to build his monument.

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

A Man consumes the Time you make him Wait In thinking of your Faults-so don't be late!

Until the Donkey tried to clear The Fence, he thought himself a Deer.

God's Road is all uphill, but do not tire; Rejoice that we may still keep climbing higher.

Scheme not to make what's Another's your own; Be not a Dog for the sake of a Bone.

It's lovely having grass and trees and flowers(Of course, at times, mosquitoes are a pest).Yes, life is life out here in Rangely Towers(Of course Some People like the city best)!

Oh, who would choose to be a traveler? --That anxious railway-guide unravelerWho spends his nights in berths and bunks,His days in chaperoning trunks;Who stands in line at gates and wicketsTo spend his means on costly ticketsTo Irkutsk, Liverpool and YapAnd other dots upon the map.

The Deer don't dineWhen a Wolf's about,And the PorcupineSticks his quill-points out.

He who knows what he is told must know a lot of things that are not so.

The carpenter is not the best who makes more chips than all the rest.

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

When "Do no Evil" has been understood, Then learn the harder, braver rule, "Do Good.

Of all cold words of tongue or pen, the worst are these: "I knew him when -

No true reform has ever come to pass Unchallenged by a liar and an ass.

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

Oh the saddest of sights in a world of sin Is the little lost pup with his tail tucked in.

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

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.

Admitting errors clears the score and proves you wiser than before.

The porcupine, whom one must handle gloved, may be respected, but never loved

The stones that Critics hurl with Harsh Intent, A Man may use to build a Monument

The tusks that clashed in mighty brawlsOf mastodons, are billiard balls.The sword of Charlemagne the JustIs ferric oxide, known as rust.The grizzly bear, whose potent hugWas feared by all, is now a rug.Great Caesar's bust is on the shelf,And I don't feel so well myself.

The tusks that clashed in mighty brawls Of mastodons, are billiard balls. The sword of Charlemagne the Just Is ferric oxide, known as rust. The grizzly bear, whose potent hug Was feared by all, is now a rug. Great Caesar's bust is on the shelf, And I don't feel so well myself.

Amoebas at the start - Were not complex; They tore themselves apart - And started Sex