E.W. Howe Quotes

I believe in grumbling; it is the politest form of fighting known.

To avoid mistakes and regrets, always consult your wife before engaging in a flirtation.

One has fear in front of a goat, in back of a mule, and on every side of a fool

The first time I met Wayne Gretzky... he never said anything back.

A loafer never works except when there is a fire; then he will carry out more furniture than anybody.

You needn't love your enemy, but if you refrain from telling lies about him, you are doing well enough.

An honest answer is the sign of true friendship.

A thief believes everybody steals.

One of the surprising things in this world is the respect a worthless man has for himself.

Much of the work of every life is done in the dark.

The future is a trickster rabbit, full of surprises. Only the past is predictable. -Bobby Goodspeed

Don't you think that the best things are already in view?

Don't abuse your friends and expect them to consider it criticism.

The greatest humiliation in life, is to work hard on something from which you expect great appreciation, and then fail to get it.

Without devotion any life becomes a stranger's story...told for the body to forget what it once loved.

No man's credit is as good as his money.

How utterly are one's best thoughts invaded by this going out in society.

The poetic sensibility was too good for this world, it was best to burn brightly and to die young like a shooting star.

The man who can keep a secret may be wise, but he is not half as wise as the man with no secrets to keep.

A man forgets his good luck next day, but remembers his bad luck until next year.

People say I'm henpecked. Well, let them say it.

If Colleen Howe had been a hockey player, she would have been a centremen. I can see her as a centreman because you can do what you want and go wherever you want to go.

Abuse a man unjustly, and you will make friends for him.

A man should be taller, older, heavier, uglier, and hoarser than his wife.

The knowledge that makes us cherish innocence makes innocence unattainable.

When I see the elaborate study and ingenuity displayed by women in the pursuit of trifles, I feel no doubt of their capacity for the most herculean undertakings.

Don't take up a man's time talking about the smartness of your children; he wants to talk to you about the smartness of his children.

The frozen ocean... of Boston life.

The average man's judgment is so poor, he runs a risk every time he uses it.

A boy doesn't have to go to war to be a hero; he can say he doesn't like pie when he sees there isn't enough to go around.

One of the most difficult things in the world is to convince a woman that even a bargain costs money.

Half the time men think they are talking business, they are wasting time.

The feeling of sleepiness when you are not in bed, and can't get there, is the meanest feeling in the world.

When we think we have something to say we are usually wrong. We are fooling ourselves. Trip into discovery. Don't write what you know, discover something new.

No man has all the wisdom in the world; everyone has some.

The most destructive criticism is indifference.

If a man takes one day off, it takes him about three days to get the harness fitted again.

When you are in trouble, people who call to sympathize are really looking for the particulars.

Even if a farmer intends to loaf, he gets up in time to get an early start.

You can make up a quarrel, but it will always show where it was patched.

If you don't learn to laugh at troubles, you won't have anything to laugh at when you grow old.

When men are not regretting that life is so short, they are doing something to kill time.

Rocket had that mean look on, every game we played. He was 100 percent hockey. He could hate with the best of them.

A good scare is worth more to a man than good advice.

We may smile at these matters, but they are melancholy illustrations.

Nothing is wonderful when you get used to it.

Man is still a savage to the extent that he has little respect for anything that cannot hurt him.

All of the troubles that some people have in life is that which they married into.

Poetry was the maiden I loved, but politics was the harridan I married.

Few men progress, except as they are pushed along by events.