Some people seem as if they can never have been children, and others seem as if they could never be anything else.

Quote by George Dennison Prentice

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The pen is a formidable weapon, but a man can kill himself with it a...

The pen is a formidable weapon, but a man can kill himself with it a...

When a young man complains that a young lady has no heart, it's pretty certain...

When a young man complains that a young lady has no heart, it's pretty certain...

Some people use one half their ingenuity to get into debt, and the other half...

Some people use one half their ingenuity to get into debt, and the other half...

Much smoking kills live men and cures dead swine.

Much smoking kills live men and cures dead swine.

There are many men whose tongues might govern multitudes if they could govern their tongues.

There are many men whose tongues might govern multitudes if they could govern their tongues.

A pin has as much head as some authors and a good deal more point.

A pin has as much head as some authors and a good deal more point.

It is in vain to hope to please all alike. Let a man stand with...

It is in vain to hope to please all alike. Let a man stand with...

When a young man complains that a young lady has no heart, it's pretty certain...

When a young man complains that a young lady has no heart, it's pretty certain...

A bare assertion is not necessarily the naked truth.

A bare assertion is not necessarily the naked truth.

The pen is a formidable weapon, but a man can kill himself with it a...

The pen is a formidable weapon, but a man can kill himself with it a...

The God who gave us life gave us liberty at the same time; the hand...

The God who gave us life gave us liberty at the same time; the hand...

The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean

The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean

Critics don't bother me because if I do badly, I know I'm bad before they...

Critics don't bother me because if I do badly, I know I'm bad before they...

I just sit at a typewriter and curse a bit.

I just sit at a typewriter and curse a bit.

I have learned that it is far easier to write a speech about good advertising...

I have learned that it is far easier to write a speech about good advertising...

My uncle out in Texas Can't even write his name He signs his checks with...

My uncle out in Texas Can't even write his name He signs his checks with...

Writing is making sense of life. You work your whole life and perhaps you've made...

Writing is making sense of life. You work your whole life and perhaps you've made...

Critics don't bother me because if I do badly, I know I'm bad before they...

Critics don't bother me because if I do badly, I know I'm bad before they...

People say I give the best head, and they're not always talking about sex.

People say I give the best head, and they're not always talking about sex.

I lived to write, and wrote to live

I lived to write, and wrote to live