In a certain sense every creative person is a reformer, but this does not mean that he must be in his work a propagandist for good roads, shorter hours, and a low tariff. All these are excellent things, but they need not be the concern of the artist. – Heywood Broun
The urge to gamble is so universal and its practice is so pleasurable, that I assume it must be evil. – Heywood Broun
Hell is paved with great granite blocks hewn from the hearts of those who said, I can do no other. – Heywood Broun
A technical objection is the first refuge of a scoundrel. – Heywood Broun
Instead of being a time of unusual behavior, Christmas is perhaps the only time in the year when people can obey their natural impulses and express their true sentiments without feeling self-conscious and, perhaps, foolish. Christmas, in short, is about the only chance a man has to be himself. – Francis C. Farley