Quotes by O'Malley, Austin

"The smaller the head, the bigger the dream."

O'Malley, Austin on dream
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"The worst misfortune that can happen to an ordinary man is to have an extraordinary father."

O'Malley, Austin on fathers   

"Show me a genuine case of platonic friendship, and I shall show you two old or homely faces."

O'Malley, Austin on friends and friendship   

"A home-made friend wears longer than one you buy in the market."

O'Malley, Austin on friends and friendship   

"Happiness is the harvest of a quiet eye."

O'Malley, Austin on happiness   

"God shows his contempt for wealth by the kind of person he selects to receive it."

O'Malley, Austin on money   

"An Englishmen thinks seated; a Frenchmen standing; an American pacing, an Irishman, afterwards."

O'Malley, Austin on nationalities and nationalism   

"Practical prayer is harder on the soles of your shoes than on the knees of your trousers."

O'Malley, Austin on prayer   

"Exclusiveness is a characteristic of recent riches, high society, and the skunk."

O'Malley, Austin on pride   

"Reason clears and plants the wilderness of the imagination to harvest the wheat of art."

O'Malley, Austin on reason   

"Revenge is often like biting a dog because the dog bit you."

O'Malley, Austin on revenge
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"If you keep your mouth shut you will never put your foot in it."

O'Malley, Austin on silence   

"The best blood will at some time get into a fool or a mosquito."

O'Malley, Austin on blood   

"In levying taxes and in shearing sheep it is well to stop when you get down to the skin."

O'Malley, Austin on taxes and taxation   

"It is twice as hard to crush a half-truth as a whole lie."

O'Malley, Austin on truth   

"Before you beat a child, be sure yourself are not the cause of the offense."

O'Malley, Austin on children