A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
I do not regard the conveyance of useful information as my forte. This belief was not inborn with me; it has been driven home upon me by experience.
~ Three Men on the Bummel
I do not like speaking about myself, as may have been noticed, but in the cause of humanity I on this occasion will do so.
~ Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow
I'm afraid I am not the sort of person to sit in arbors smoking pipes when there is any fun going on outside. I think I more resemble the Irishman who, seeing a crowd collecting, sent his little girl out to ask if there was going to be a row --"'Cos, if so, father would like to be in it."
~ Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow
That's my luck again. When I make serious observations people chuckle; when I attempt a joke nobody sees it.
~ Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow
All great literary men are shy. I am myself, though I am told it is hardly noticeable.
~ Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow
Is not his contempt for the English-speaking people based chiefly upon the fact that some of them read my books?
~ Novel Notes