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Richard Armour quotes: Here is where people,One frequently finds,Lower their voicesAnd raise their minds.

Here is where people,
One frequently finds,
Lower their voices
And raise their minds.

Richard Armour quotes: Dedicated to that amazing device, the Required Reading List, better even than artificial respiration for keeping dead authors alive.

Dedicated to that amazing device, the Required Reading List, better even than artificial respiration for keeping dead authors alive.

Richard Armour quotes: If you convinced me And I convinced you, Would there not still be Two points of view?

If you convinced me And I convinced you, Would there not still be Two points of view?

Richard Armour quotes: Politics, it seems to me, for years, or all too long, has been concerned with right or left instead of right or wrong.

Politics, it seems to me, for years, or all too long, has been concerned with right or left instead of right or wrong.

Richard Armour quotes: Beauty is only skin deep, and the world is full of thin skinned people.

Beauty is only skin deep, and the world is full of thin skinned people.

Richard Armour quotes: I miss my mattress when I am gone; It's one thing I've made an impression on.

I miss my mattress when I am gone; It's one thing I've made an impression on.

Richard Armour quotes: This golfer has a wicked slice. And quite a follow-through. That's why his partner, who stood too close, Is on the green in two.

This golfer has a wicked slice. And quite a follow-through. That's why his partner, who stood too close, Is on the green in two.

Richard Armour quotes: [Beowolf] is considered an epic because of its long speeches, its digressions, its repetition, and its being required.

[Beowolf] is considered an epic because of its long speeches, its digressions, its repetition, and its being required.

Richard Armour quotes: Almost nothing is known about Homer, which explains why so much has been written about him.

Almost nothing is known about Homer, which explains why so much has been written about him.

Richard Armour quotes: The great improvement of the radio over the telephone is that it may be turned off without offending the speaker.

The great improvement of the radio over the telephone is that it may be turned off without offending the speaker.

Richard Armour quotes: There are very few humorists who have written first-rate humor after they've become elderly.

There are very few humorists who have written first-rate humor after they've become elderly.

Richard Armour quotes: In larger things we are convivial; what causes trouble is the trivial.

In larger things we are convivial; what causes trouble is the trivial.

Richard Armour quotes: Of late I appear To have reached that stage When people who look old Who are only my age.

Of late I appear To have reached that stage When people who look old Who are only my age.

Richard Armour quotes: G is for Green, that's constructed to roll in every direction away from the hole.

G is for Green, that's constructed to roll in every direction away from the hole.

Richard Armour quotes: "Do you want my honest opinion?" People ask. I say, "Yes," for I'm curious. So they give me their honest opinion, And I - well, I'm always furious.

"Do you want my honest opinion?" People ask. I say, "Yes," for I'm curious. So they give me their honest opinion, And I - well, I'm always furious.

Richard Armour quotes: Retired is being tired twice, I've thought, first tired of working, then tired of not.

Retired is being tired twice, I've thought, first tired of working, then tired of not.

Richard Armour quotes: Shake and shake the catsup bottle. None will come, and then a lot'll.

Shake and shake the catsup bottle. None will come, and then a lot'll.

Richard Armour quotes: The hand is quicker than the eye is,but somewhat slower than the fly is.

The hand is quicker than the eye is,
but somewhat slower than the fly is.

Richard Armour quotes: A rumor is one thing that gets thicker instead of thinner as it is spread.

A rumor is one thing that gets thicker instead of thinner as it is spread.

Richard Armour quotes: When it comes to eating, you can sometimes help yourself more by helping yourself less.

When it comes to eating, you can sometimes help yourself more by helping yourself less.

Richard Armour quotes: It's all right to hold a conversation, but you should let go of it now and then.

It's all right to hold a conversation, but you should let go of it now and then.

Richard Armour quotes: Each year it grows harder to make ends meet - the ends I refer to are hands and feet.

Each year it grows harder to make ends meet - the ends I refer to are hands and feet.

Richard Armour quotes: That money talks, I'll not deny, I heard it once: it said, 'goodbye

That money talks, I'll not deny, I heard it once: it said, 'goodbye

Richard Armour quotes: Some people can carry a tune, but they seem to stagger under the load.

Some people can carry a tune, but they seem to stagger under the load.

Richard Armour quotes: If I ever make a hole in one, A thrill that I've never known, I won't be believed and I'll have no fun, For I'm sure to be playing alone.

If I ever make a hole in one, A thrill that I've never known, I won't be believed and I'll have no fun, For I'm sure to be playing alone.

Richard Armour quotes: There is some consolation in the fact that, even though your dreams don't come true, neither do your nightmares.

There is some consolation in the fact that, even though your dreams don't come true, neither do your nightmares.

Richard Armour quotes: The author apologizes for being unable to afford a ghost writer, which explains the lack of a distinctive prose style.

The author apologizes for being unable to afford a ghost writer, which explains the lack of a distinctive prose style.

Richard Armour quotes: [John Foster Dulles] invented Brinkmanship, the most popular game since Monopoly.

[John Foster Dulles] invented Brinkmanship, the most popular game since Monopoly.

Richard Armour quotes: Scott calls Bois-Guilbert "an unprincipled voluptuary," which is hard to improve on.

Scott calls Bois-Guilbert "an unprincipled voluptuary," which is hard to improve on.

Richard Armour quotes: I've suffered from all of the hang-ups known, and none is as bad as the telephone.

I've suffered from all of the hang-ups known, and none is as bad as the telephone.

Richard Armour quotes: Some golfers blast their ball from traps, With one adroit explosion, But others, out in ten perhaps, Depend upon erosion.

Some golfers blast their ball from traps, With one adroit explosion, But others, out in ten perhaps, Depend upon erosion.

Richard Armour quotes: Until Eve arrived, this was a man's world.

Until Eve arrived, this was a man's world.

Richard Armour quotes: (Francis) Bacon's best known writings are his essays. They are loved for many reasons, such as their being so short.

(Francis) Bacon's best known writings are his essays. They are loved for many reasons, such as their being so short.

Richard Armour quotes: I love a finished speaker, I really, truly do I don't mean one who's polished, I just mean one who's through.

I love a finished speaker, I really, truly do I don't mean one who's polished, I just mean one who's through.

Richard Armour quotes: Middle -age is the time of life, that a man first notices - in his wife.

Middle -age is the time of life, that a man first notices - in his wife.

Richard Armour quotes: They head the list of bad to bet on: But I insist they're worse to get on

They head the list of bad to bet on: But I insist they're worse to get on