41 Quotes by Owen Wister

It was neither preaching nor praying that made a better man of me, but one or two people who believed in me better than I deserved, and I hated to disappoint them.

When a man ain't got no ideas of his own, he'd ought to be kind o' careful who he borrows 'em from.

Said Aristotle unto Plato, 'Have another sweet potato?' Said Plato unto Aristotle, 'Thank you, I prefer the bottle.'

Said Aristotle unto Plato, ‘Have another sweet potato?’ Said Plato unto Aristotle, ‘Thank you, I prefer the bottle.’

Providence makes use of instruments I’d not touch with a ten-foot pole.

All America is divided into two classes – the quality and the equality. The latter will always recognize the former when mistaken for it.

When a man is kind to dumb animals, I always say he has got some good in him.

When you can’t have what you choose, you just choose what you have.

Often when I have camped here, it has made me want to become the ground, become the water, become the trees, mix with the whole thing. Not know myself from it. Never unmix again.