Richard Harding Davis famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

Every time a boy falls off a tricycle, every time a black cat has gray kittens, every time someone stubs a toe, every time there's a murder or a fire or the marines land in Nicaragua, the police and the newspapers holler 'get Capone.'
The sanctified body is one whose hands are clean. The stain of dishonesty is not on them, the withering blight of ill-gotten gain has not blistered them, the mark of violence is not found upon them. They have been separated from every occupation that could displease God or injure a fellow-man.
The hand is no different from what it creates.
All I can do is leave it in God's hands and hope that my fans feel where I'm coming from.
Whenever you have a crisis, you're always going to have the extremists taking advantage of the situation.
In another situation, and in an active station in life, I should have been keenly occupied, and the founding of an order would have never come into my head.
That the situation appears hopeless should not prevent us from doing our best.
I always feel comfortable, basically in any situation except perhaps airports.
Not that I wouldn't have been equally happy to see the old buddies and see it all start up again that way. But this was more of a work situation, and a very good one.
Death by hanging...well, in view of the whole situation, I never expected anything different. It's all right.

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