Quotes by : Finley Peter Dunne

I see gr-reat changes takin' place ivry day but no change at all ivry fifty years.

Opportunity knocks at every man's door once. On some men's door it hammers till it breaks down the door....

The time is comin' whin not more thin hath iv us'll be rale an' th' rest'll be rubber (plastic!)

Many a man that couldn't direct ye to th' drug store on th' corner when he was thirty will get a respectful....

An appeal is when ye ask wan court to show its contempt for another court.

What is instinct? It is the natural tendency in one when filled with dismay to turn to his wife.

No matter whether the Constitution follows the flag or not the Supreme Court follows the election returns.....

Th' prisidincy is th' highest office in th' gift iv th people. Th' vice-prisidincy is th' next highest....

Trust everybody, but cut the cards.

Th' newspaper does ivrything f'r us. It runs th' polis foorce an' th' banks, commands th' milishy, controls....