45 Quotes by Arthur Guiterman

In life as in football, fall forward when you fall.

Oh the saddest of sights in a world of sin Is the little lost pup with his tail tucked in.

So once in every year we throng Upon a day apart, to praise the Lord with feast and song in thankfulness of heart.

First dentistry was painless. Then bicycles were chainless, Carriages were horseless, And many laws enforceless. Next cookery was fireless, Telegraphy was wireless, Cigars were nicotineless, And coffee caffeineless. Soon oranges were seedless, The putting green was weedless, The college boy was hatless, The proper diet fatless. New motor roads are dustless, The latest steel is rustless, Our tennis courts are sodless, Our new religion--godless.

Admitting errors clears the score and proves you wiser than before.

The porcupine, whom one must handle gloved, may be respected, but never loved

The stones that Critics hurl with Harsh Intent, A Man may use to build a Monument

The tusks that clashed in mighty brawlsOf mastodons, are billiard balls.The sword of Charlemagne the JustIs ferric oxide, known as rust.The grizzly bear, whose potent hugWas feared by all, is now a rug.Great Caesar's bust is on the shelf,And I don't feel so well myself.

The tusks that clashed in mighty brawls Of mastodons, are billiard balls. The sword of Charlemagne the Just Is ferric oxide, known as rust. The grizzly bear, whose potent hug Was feared by all, is now a rug. Great Caesar's bust is on the shelf, And I don't feel so well myself.