Quotes by Tarkington, Booth




Newton Booth Tarkington (July 29, 1869 May 19, 1946) was an American novelist and dramatist best known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning novels The Magnificent Ambersons and Alice Adams..

"There are two things that will be believed of any man whatsoever, and one of them is that he has taken to drink."

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"Cherish all your happy moments; they make a fine cushion for old age."

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"Arguments only confirm people in their own opinions."

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"An ideal wife is any woman who has an ideal husband."

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