Heywood Broun

“Life is not a matter of theories. Life is a matter of facts. It calls on the young and the old alike to face these facts, even though they are hard and sometimes unpleasant.”

“Even the revolutionary writer will err if he fails to grasp the enormous effectiveness of occasional understatement.”

“All spiritual things must have in them a childlike quality. The belief in immortality rests not very much on the hope of going on. Few of us want to do that, but we would like very much to begin again.”

“The ability to make love frivolously is the chief characteristic which distinguishes human beings from beasts.”

“He was of the mold from which great men are made. Having said of anything 'Let it be done' he at once felt not only that it was accomplished, but that he had done it himself.”

“Brotherhood is not just a Bible word. Out of comradeship can come and will come the happy life for all.”

“'Get up and hit a home run,' has never been a part of the usable technique of any manager.”