Robert Quillen

“Discussion is an exchange of knowledge; an argument an exchange of ignorance.”

“A happy marriage is the union of two good forgivers.”

“Success is a matter of luck. Ask any failure.”

“If you lend a friend five dollars and you never see him again, it was worth it.”

“Another good thing about being poor is that when you are seventy your children will not have you declared incompetent in order to get hold of your money.”

“The reason there is so much ignorance is that those who have it are so eager to share it.”

“Experience is a good school, but the fees are high.”

“The world is full of people who have never, since childhood, met an open doorway with an open mind.”

“We would rather be ruined than changed. We would rather die in our dread than climb the cross of the moment and let our illusions die.”

“Americanism is the conviction that to be a citizen of the United States is to be a citizen of the world's greatest country, and a man will fight for that conviction.”

“Most of us would be delighted if we could be twice as good as we are, and half as good as we think we are.”

“The man who is bigger than his job keeps growing; the man who is smaller than his job keeps shrinking.”

“If we had to say what we think, we would all be speechless.”

“Happiness is the sublime moment when you get out of your corsets and scratch.”

“A beauty is a woman you notice; a charmer is one who notices you.”

“Being a politician is a poor profession. It's the most poorly paid honest profession. And the most richly rewarded dishonest profession.”

“It is a good rule to know what is going on in your own home before you criticize your neighbors.”

“The man who has a baby and a garden has everything.”

“It is better to be a bald-headed old man than a dead one.”

“One of the rewards of being old is that you are not bothered by new ideas.”