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Top 28 wise famous quotes and sayings by John Mason Brown

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John Mason Brown Famous Quotes & Sayings

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John Mason Brown quotes: So often we rob tomorrow's memories by today's economies. So often we rob tomorrow's memories by today's economies.
John Mason Brown quotes: The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose. The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose.
John Mason Brown quotes: What a man is is the basis owhat he dreams and thinks, accepts and rejects, feels and perceives. What a man is is the basis owhat he dreams and thinks, accepts and rejects, feels and perceives.
John Mason Brown quotes: The purpose of writing is to hold a mirror to nature, but too much today is written from small mirrors in vanity cases. The purpose of writing is to hold a mirror to nature, but too much today is written from small mirrors in vanity cases.
John Mason Brown quotes: I am ready any time. Do not keep me waiting. I am ready any time. Do not keep me waiting.
John Mason Brown quotes: A good conversationalist is not one who remembers what was said, but says what someone wants to remember. A good conversationalist is not one who remembers what was said, but says what someone wants to remember.
John Mason Brown quotes: So much of TV seems to be chewing gum for the eyes ... TV desperately needs more self-reliance and pride in the medium. So much of TV seems to be chewing gum for the eyes ... TV desperately needs more self-reliance and pride in the medium.
John Mason Brown quotes: How prophetic L'Enfant was when he laid out Washington as a city that goes around in circles! How prophetic L'Enfant was when he laid out Washington as a city that goes around in circles!
John Mason Brown quotes: I, John Brown, am now quite certain that the crimes of this guilty land will never be purged away but with Blood. I, John Brown, am now quite certain that the crimes of this guilty land will never be purged away but with Blood.
John Mason Brown quotes: I have lived long enough to be battered by the realities of life, and not too long to be downed by them. I have lived long enough to be battered by the realities of life, and not too long to be downed by them.
John Mason Brown quotes: Most people spend most of their days doing what they do not want to do in order to earn the right, at times, to do what they may desire. Most people spend most of their days doing what they do not want to do in order to earn the right, at times, to do what they may desire.
John Mason Brown quotes: Part of the American myth is that people who are handed the skin of a dead sheep at graduating time think that it will keep their minds alive forever. Part of the American myth is that people who are handed the skin of a dead sheep at graduating time think that it will keep their minds alive forever.
John Mason Brown quotes: Even when the facts are available, most people seem to prefer the legend, and refuse to believe the truth when it in any way dislodges the myth. Even when the facts are available, most people seem to prefer the legend, and refuse to believe the truth when it in any way dislodges the myth.
John Mason Brown quotes: Some television programs are so much chewing gum for the eyes. Some television programs are so much chewing gum for the eyes.
John Mason Brown quotes: The comic book is the marijuana of the nursery, the bane of the bassinet, the horror of the home, the curse of the kids and a threat to the future. The comic book is the marijuana of the nursery, the bane of the bassinet, the horror of the home, the curse of the kids and a threat to the future.
John Mason Brown quotes: It is in the hard rockpile labour of seeking to win, hold, or deserve a reader's interest that the pleasant agony of writing comes in. It is in the hard rockpile labour of seeking to win, hold, or deserve a reader's interest that the pleasant agony of writing comes in.
John Mason Brown quotes: You were born an original, don't die a copy You were born an original, don't die a copy
John Mason Brown quotes: America is a land where men govern, but women rule. America is a land where men govern, but women rule.
John Mason Brown quotes: The more one has seen of the good, the more one asks for the better. The more one has seen of the good, the more one asks for the better.
John Mason Brown quotes: No one is worthy of a good home here or in heaven that is not willing to be in peril for a good cause. No one is worthy of a good home here or in heaven that is not willing to be in peril for a good cause.
John Mason Brown quotes: To many people, dramatic criticism must seem like an attempt to tattoo soap bubbles. To many people, dramatic criticism must seem like an attempt to tattoo soap bubbles.
John Mason Brown quotes: Reasoning with a child is fine, if you can reach the child's reason without destroying your own. Reasoning with a child is fine, if you can reach the child's reason without destroying your own.
John Mason Brown quotes: The critic is a man who prefers the indolence of opinion to the trials of action. The critic is a man who prefers the indolence of opinion to the trials of action.
John Mason Brown quotes: Nowhere are prejudices more mistaken for truth, passion for reason and invective for documentation than in politics. Nowhere are prejudices more mistaken for truth, passion for reason and invective for documentation than in politics.