47 Quotes by Oliver Herford

What is my loftiest ambition? I've always wanted to throw an egg at an electric fan.

When I go abroad I always sail from Boston because it is such a pleasant place to get away from.

Modesty: the gentle art of enhancing your charm by pretending not to be aware of it.

A man is known by the silence he keeps.

Darling: the popular form of address used in speaking to a member of the opposite sex whose name you cannot at the moment remember.

Tact: to lie about others as you would have them lie about you.

There is always room at the top - after the investigation.

Manuscript: something submitted in haste and returned at leisure.

A man must love a thing very much if he not only practices it without any hope of fame and money, but even... without any hope of doing it well.