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Arthur Guiterman
27 quotes
“Amœbas at the start Were not complex; They tore themselves apart, And started Sex.”
Arthur Guiterman (1871–1943) first seen 1921 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Sex", st. 1, in The Nation (May 4, 1921) p. 666
“'Tis Sex that rules the lives Of clowns and kings; It gives us books and wives And other things—Ambition, love and strife And all the ills And ecstacies of life, And Freuds and Brills.”
Arthur Guiterman (1871–1943) first seen 1921 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Sex", sts. 5–6, in The Nation (May 4, 1921) p. 666
“They earned a name that lives in song, Those woodsmen stout and plucky Whose hair and rifles both were long— The Hunters of Kentucky.”
Arthur Guiterman (1871–1943) first seen 1924 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Tall Men", in The Saturday Evening Post (May 24, 1924) pp. 7–8
“The Fawns don't dine When a Wolf's about, And the Porcupine Puts his quill points out.”
Arthur Guiterman (1871–1943) first seen 1925 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Safety First", st. 1, in The Saturday Evening Post (May 2, 1925) p. 148
“Of all cold words of tongue or pen The worst are these: "I knew him when ——”
Arthur Guiterman (1871–1943) first seen 1927 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Prophets in Their Own Country", in The Saturday Evening Post (November 5, 1927) p. 198
“The tusks which 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!”
Arthur Guiterman (1871–1943) first seen 1930 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On the Vanity of Earthly Greatness", in The New Yorker (March 22, 1930) p. 28
“The Antiseptic Baby and the Prophylactic Pup Were playing in the garden when the Bunny gamboled up; They looked upon the Creature with a loathing undisguised;— It wasn't Disinfected and it wasn't Sterilized.”
Arthur Guiterman (1871–1943) said by 1943 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The Prophet's Cam-u-el, that primal Desert Ship.”
Arthur Guiterman (1871–1943) said by 1943 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The Pilgrims landed, worthy men, And, saved from wreck on raging seas, They fell upon their knees, and then Upon the Aborigines.”
Arthur Guiterman (1871–1943) said by 1943 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Commute with me, my Love, and be merry; How vain in the City to dwell When apple-trees blow in Dobbs' Ferry And lilacs adorn New Rochelle! White Plains is the Garden of Allah And Pelham's the Pearl of the Sea; There's bliss in the name of Valhalla— Oh, fly to the Suburbs with me!”
Arthur Guiterman (1871–1943) first seen 1912 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Also in Life (July 11, 1912) p. 1,389
“It's lovely having grass and trees and flowers (Of course, at times, mosquitoes are a pest). Yes, life is life out here in Rangely Towers (Of course Some People like the city best)!”
Arthur Guiterman (1871–1943) said by 1943 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The Cat on your hearthstone to this day presages, By solemnly sneezing, the coming of rain!”
Arthur Guiterman (1871–1943) said by 1943 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Oh, the saddest of sights in a world of sin Is a little lost pup with his tail tucked in!”
Arthur Guiterman (1871–1943) said by 1943 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Hail Guest! We ask not what thou art: If Friend, we greet thee, hand and heart; If Stranger, such no longer be; If Foe, our love shall conquer thee.”
Arthur Guiterman (1871–1943) said by 1943 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Bless the four corners of this house, And be the lintel blest; And bless the hearth and bless the board And bless each place of rest.”
Arthur Guiterman (1871–1943) said by 1943 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“For Education is, Making Men; So is it now, so was it when Mark Hopkins sat on one end of a log And James Garfield sat on the other.”
Arthur Guiterman (1871–1943) said by 1943 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Drab is the town as a shawl-hooded crone, And dreary and cold with a chill all its own. You ask them for bread and they give you a scone, In Glasgow.”
Arthur Guiterman (1871–1943) first seen 1921 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Also in Life (September 22, 1921) p. 11
“The finest thing in London is the Bobby; Benignant information is his hobby.”
Arthur Guiterman (1871–1943) first seen 1922 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Also in Life (April 27, 1922) p. 1
“Oh, who would choose to be a traveler?— That anxious railway-guide unraveler Who spends his nights in berths and bunks, His days in chaperoning trunks; Who stands in line at gates and wickets To spend his means on costly tickets To Irkutsk, Liverpool and Yap And other dots upon the map.”
Arthur Guiterman (1871–1943) first seen 1922 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Also in Life (June 8, 1922) p. 4
“He stood with his muzzle thrust out through the door The whole forty days of that terrible pour! Because of which drenching, the Sages unfold, The Nose of a Healthy Dog always is Cold.”
Arthur Guiterman (1871–1943) said by 1943 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The three-toed tree-toad Sings his sweet ode To the moon; The funny bunny And his honey Trip in tune.”
Arthur Guiterman (1871–1943) said by 1943 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I breathed a song into the air; That little song of beauty rare Is flying still, for all I know, Around the world by Radio.”
Arthur Guiterman (1871–1943) said by 1943 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Then up he rose, and forth they went Away from battleground, fortress, tent, Mountain, wilderness, field and farm, Death and the General, arm in arm. Death and General Putnam.”
Arthur Guiterman (1871–1943) said by 1943 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“My sword is Strength, my spear is Song; With these upon a stubborn field I challenge Falsehood, Fear and Wrong; But Laughter is my shield.”
Arthur Guiterman (1871–1943) said by 1943 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Oh, the Brown Missouri Mule has a copper-plated throat, And the welkin splits apart when he hits an upper note.”
Arthur Guiterman (1871–1943) first seen 1930 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Also in The Saturday Evening Post (April 26, 1930) p. 30
“Lightly we follow our cue, Exit, pursued by a bear.”
Arthur Guiterman (1871–1943) said by 1943 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Thus have I sorrowed, Learning to my cost That a book that's borrowed Is a book that's lost!”
Arthur Guiterman (1871–1943) first seen 1930 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Also in The New York Times (June 28, 1930) p. 14, col. 7 (with "Much" not "Thus")