Quote by Heywood Broun
A technical objection is the first refuge of a scoundrel. - Heywoo

A technical objection is the first refuge of a scoundrel. – Heywood Broun

Other quotes by Heywood Broun

Just as every conviction begins as a whim so does every emancipator serve his apprenticeship as a crank. A fanatic is a great leader who is just entering the room. – Heywood Broun

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Fanaticism
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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

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Artist, The
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Free speech is about as good as cause as the world has ever known. But, like the poor, it is always with us and gets shoved aside in favour of things which seem at some given moment more vital. – Heywood Broun

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Other Quotes from
Committee
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Committee–a group of men who keep minutes and waste hours. – Milton Berle

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Committee

Whoever invented the meeting must have had Hollywood in mind. I think they should consider giving Oscars for meetings: Best Meeting of the Year, Best Supporting Meeting, Best Meeting Based on Material from Another Meeting. – William Goldman

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Committee

One of the reasons why the Ten Commandments are so short and to the point is the fact they were given direct and did not come out of committees. – H. G. Hutcheson

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Committee

The ideal committee is one with me as the chairman, and two other members in bed with the flu. – Lord Milverton

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Committee

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Im not someone who feels anger on particular issues. – Theresa May

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Anger

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This is like the telephone problem – no one wants to have the first one. But we are seeing a lot of people who want some sort of technology to solve the spam problem. – Eric Allman

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Technology

I have always felt that a woman has the right to treat the subject of her age with ambiguity until, perhaps, she passes into the realm of over ninety. Then it is better she be candid with herself and with the world. – Carl Sandburg

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Age