Quotes by : Booth Tarkington

Arguments only confirm people in their own opinions.

My theory on literature is an author who does not indulge in trashiness-writes about people you could....

Mothers see the angel in us because the angel is there. If it's shown to the mother, the son has got....

Like so many women for whom money has always been provided without their understanding how, she was prepared....

An ideal wife is any woman who has an ideal husband.

I'm not sure he's wrong about automobiles," he said. "With all their speed forward they may be a step....

Is this life?'Alice wondered, not doubting that the question was original and all her own. 'Is it life....

We debate sometimes what is to be the future of this nation when we think that in a few years public....

Gossip is never fatal until it is denied. Gossip goes on about every human being alive and about all....

Men were just like sheep, and nothing was easier than for women to set up as shepherds and pen them up....