I have always held to the theory that too much chalk may be just as bad for a novel as for a knee joint. Heywood Broun Read Quote
I do not see a necessary connection between proletarian literature and some set percentage of words which bring the blushes to a maiden’s cheek. Heywood Broun Read Quote
Life is not a matter of theories. Life is a matter of facts. It calls on the young and the old alike to face these facts, even though they are hard and sometimes unpleasant. Heywood Broun Read Quote
It is ridiculous to say that Sacco and Vanzetti are being railroaded to the chair. The situation is much worse than that. This is a thing done cold-bloodedly and with deliberation. But care and deliberation do not guarantee justice. Heywood Broun Read Quote
Increasingly, it becomes evident that managing a ball club is a psychiatrist’s job. In a short series, the mental attitude of the combatants is everything. Heywood Broun Read Quote
Get up and hit a home run,’ has never been a part of the usable technique of any manager. Heywood Broun Read Quote
Hell is paved with great granite blocks hewn from the hearts of those who said, I can do no other. Heywood Broun Read Quote
Brotherhood is not just a Bible word. Out of comradeship can come and will come the happy life for all. Heywood Broun Read Quote
Perhaps the most startling reversal of tradition came in the case of Lefty Grove. He shattered the cruel slanders which have always followed lefthanders. Heywood Broun Read Quote
All spiritual things must have in them a childlike quality. The belief in immortality rests not very much on the hope of going on. Few of us want to do that, but we would like very much to begin again. Heywood Broun Read Quote