228 Quotes by Christopher Morley

Words are a commodity in which there is never any slump.

I had a million questions to ask God: but when I met Him, they all fled my mind; and it didn't seem to matter.

Simplicity of character is no hindrance to subtlety of intellect.

Poetry, men attain By subtler pain More flagrant in the brain - An honesty unfeigned, A heart unchained, A madness well restrained

Only the sinner has a right to preach

We've had bad luck with children; they've all grown up

The little Plumpuppets are fairies of beds; They have nothing to do but watch sleepyheads; They turn down the sheets and they tuck you in tight, And dance on your pillow to wish you good night!

Standing by the crib of one's own baby, with that world - old pang of compassion and protectiveness toward this so little creature that has all its course to run, the heart flies back in yearning and gratitude to those who felt just so toward one's self. Then for the first time one understands the homely succession of sacrifices and pains by which life is transmitted and fostered down the stumbling generations of men.

The greatest poem ever known Is one all poets have outgrown: The poetry, innate, untold, Of being only four years old.