Austin O'Malley (author)

“Norman Lockridge (ed.) World's Wit and Wisdom (New York: Biltmore Publishing Co., 1945 [The Black Hawk Press, 1936]), pp. 478–82”

“Why is the word for tongue feminine in Greek, Latin, Gaelic, Italian, Spanish, French, and German?”

“If you keep your mouth shut you will never put your foot in it.”

“It was a poor man that said God shows His contempt for wealth by the kind of persons He selects to receive it.”

“Hope is the shadow of faith.”

“A hole is nothing at all, but you can break your neck in it.”

“The Devil is not afraid to sit on an altar.”

“The most dangerous savages live in cities.”

“A pint of whiskey can wash away all the blood of Calvary.”

“Nations die first in the big cities.”

“When you are dealing with a child, keep all your wits about you, and sit on the floor.”

“A home-made friend wears longer than one you buy in the market.”

“Those that think it permissible to tell white lies soon grow color-blind.”

“Show me a genuine case of platonic friendship, and I shall show you two old or homely faces.”

“Practical prayer is harder on the soles of your shoes than on the knees of your trousers.”

“In levying taxes and in shearing sheep it is well to stop when you get down to the skin.”

“After thirty-five a man begins to have thoughts about women; before that age he has feelings.”

“Every April God rewrites the book of Genesis.”

“The smaller the head the bigger the dream.”

“Reason clears and plants the wilderness of the imagination to harvest the wheat of art.”