Edgar Rice Burroughs Quotes
When Tarzan killed he more often smiled than scowled, and smiles are the foundation of beauty.
If I had followed my better judgment always, my life would have been a very dull one.
I have been successful probably because I have always realized that I knew nothing about writing and have merely tried to tell an interesting story entertainingly.
The more one listens to ordinary conversations the more apparent it becomes that the reasoning faculties of the brain take little part in the direction of the vocal organs.
If you write one story, it may be bad; if you write a hundred, you have the odds in your favor.
So strong is the power of superstition that even though we know that we have been reverencing a sham, yet still we hesitate to admit the validity of our new-found convictions.
I do not think that I am ever overconfident. I am merely wholly confident, and I maintain that there is all the difference in the world there.
It is a characteristic of the weak and criminal to attribute to others the misfortunes that are the result of their own wickedness.
Clothes therefore, must be the insignia of the superiority of man over all other animals, for surely there could be no other reason for wearing the hideous things
I have discovered that the world over, unusual weather prevails at all times of the year.
The time has arrived when patience becomes a crime and mayhem appears garbed in a manner of virtue
It never seems to occur to some people, that, like beauty, a sense of humor may sometimes be fatal.
Anger and hate against one we love steels our hearts, but contempt or pity leaves us silent and ashamed.
I got this story from someone who had no business in the telling of it.
They say that none of us exists, except in the imagination of his fellows, other than as an intangible, invisible mentality.
I presume that it is the better part of wisdom that we bow to our fate with as good grace as possible.
I loved her. I still love her, though I curse her in my sleep, so nearly one are love and hate, the two most powerful and devasting emotions that control man, nations, life.
Even brave men, and D'Arnot was a brave man, are sometimes frightened by solitude.
Beast?" Jane murmured. "Then God make me a beast; for, man or beast, I am yours.
In that little party there was not one who would desert another; yet we were of different countries, different colours, different races, different religions--and one of us was of a different world.
Were there no desire there would be no virtue, and because one man desires what another does not, who shall say whether the child of his desire be Vice or Virtue?
I have ever been prone to seek adventure and to investigate and experiment where wiser men would have left well enough alone.
It must be that I am dreaming, and that I shall awaken in a moment to see that awful knife descending toward my heart- kiss me, dear, just once before I lose my dream forever." -Jane-
Could it be that there were other things more desirable than cold logic and undefiled brain power?
For myself, I always assume that a lion is ferocious, and so I am never caught off my guard.
I had aimed at Mars and was about to hit Venus unquestionably the all-time cosmic record for poor shots.
P33- the wail of the living had answered the call of universal motherhood within her wild beast which the dead could not still.
He longed for the little cabin and the sun-kissed sea - for the cool interior of the well-built house, and for the never-ending wonders of the many books.
To lose the only creature in all his world who ever had manifested love and affection for him was the greatest tragedy he had ever known.
As a mistress, death seemed lacking in many essentials. Therefore, I decided not to die.
Tut, tut! I have often admonished my pupils to count ten before speaking. Were I you, Mr. Philander, I should count at least a thousand, and then maintain a discreet silence.
