"Nobody talks so constantly about God as those who insist that there is no God."

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Source : "Collected Edition of Heywood Broun". Book by Heywood Broun (p. 26), 1941.

Heywood Broun

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“Oh! if you could only hear Intemperance with drunkards' bones drumming on the top of the wine cask the Dead March of immortal souls, you would go home and kneel down and pray God that rather than your children should ever become the victims of this evil habit, you might carry them out to Greenwood and put them down in the last slumber, waiting for the flowers of spring to come over the grave-sweet prophecies of the resurrection. God hath a balm for such a Wound, but what flower of comfort ever grew on the blasted heath of a drunkard's sepulcher?”
“The best headlines are those that appeal to the reader's self-interest, that is, headlines based on reader benefits. They offer readers something they want - and get from you.”
“The best presenters have conversations with their audiences.”
“And above all, you must be asking which door is the true one; not which pleases you best by its paint and panellingâ€¦the question should never be: â€˜Do I like that kind of service?â€™ but â€˜Are these doctrines true: Is holiness there? Does my conscience move me towards this? Is my reluctance to move to this door due to my pride, or my mere taste, or my personal dislike for this particular door-keeper?”
“[Clause in her will:] It is my intention to make no provision herein for my son Christopher or my daughter Christina for reasons which are well known to them.”
“Ever since we invented fire and the wheel, we've been demonstrating both our ability and our inherent desire to fix things that we don't like about ourselves and our environment.”
“Forgive me-he mumbled against her lips. Please. Forgive me for what I'm going to do to you. ~Shade”
“I often say that when you can measure what you are speaking about, and express it in numbers, you know something about it; but when you cannot measure it, when you cannot express it in numbers, your knowledge is of a meagre and unsatisfactory kind.”

Source : Popular Lectures and Addresses "Electrical Units of Measurement" (1889).

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