Quotes by : Ernest Vincent Wright

Stopping a war; that is, stopping actual military combat, is not stopping a war in all its factors. During....

Boys, at war, so far away, will naturally droop, both in body and mind, from lack of a particular girl’s....

I just can’t think of anybody abusing an animal; nor of allowing it to stay around, sick, hurt or hungry.....

It is curious why anybody should pooh-pooh a study of fossils or various forms of rocks or lava. Such....

Just stop and think a bit. All such things as bulk, or width, you know by comparison only; comparison....

But you know that any showing of such an innovation is apt to start gossip. Just why, I don’t know.....

For mankind knows hardly a joy which will surpass that of approval of his work.

But that did no harm, and a sad young mind found a way to match things up with an antagonist. Now, just....

A man thinks all dust stays outdoors.

Oh, how an animal that is hurt looks up at you, John! An animal’s actions can inform you if it is in....