I have fallen in love with American names, the sharp names that never get fat. Stephen Vincent Benet Read Quote
There are many trials that seem hard to bear at first which prove true blessings later when we see of what false materials they were first composed. Stephen Vincent Benet Read Quote
Trouble with women. Can’t do any art and be married if you’re in love with your wife. Stephen Vincent Benet Read Quote
It is forbidden to go east, but I have gone, forbidden to go on the great river, but I am there. Open your hearts, you spirits, and hear my song. Stephen Vincent Benet Read Quote
You can’t do business with a man who doesn’t know the meaning of a contract. You can’t do business with a firm who swears they’ll do one thing one day and does just the opposite the next. You can’t do business with a company who takes your goods on a cash basis and then pays you off in bum harmonicas. Stephen Vincent Benet Read Quote
We cannot afford the creeping paralysis that destroys the effective will of democracy – the paralysis carried by hate and rancor, between class and class, person and person, party and party, as plague is carried through the streets of a town. Stephen Vincent Benet Read Quote
We cannot be a house divided – divided in will, divided in interest, divided in soul. We cannot be a house divided and live. Stephen Vincent Benet Read Quote
You can’t depend on the kind of folks people think they are – you’ve got to go by what they do. And I wouldn’t give much for a man that some folks hadn’t thought was a fool, in his time. Stephen Vincent Benet Read Quote
You work hard, and you’ll rise. But, if you’ve got any foolish notions, just knock them on the head and forget them. Stephen Vincent Benet Read Quote
Treat a boy like a fool and he’ll act like a fool, I say, but there’s some folks need convincing. Stephen Vincent Benet Read Quote
