CLARENCE BUDINGTON KELLAND

My father didn't tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it.

Henry James once defined life as that predicament which precedes death, and certainly nobody owes you a debt of honor or gratitude for getting him into that predicament. But a child does owe his father a debt, if Dad, having gotten him into this peck of trouble, takes off his coat and buckles down to the job of showing his son how best to crash through it.

I get up in the morning, torture a typewriter until it screams, then stop.

The duty of a toastmaster is to be so dull that the succeeding speakers will appear brilliant by contrast.

The duty of a toastmaster is to be so dull that the succeeding speakers will appear brilliant by contrast.

I get up in the morning, torture a typewriter until it screams, then stop.

My father didn't tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it.

Henry James once defined life as that predicament which precedes death, and certainly nobody owes you a debt of honor or gratitude for getting him into that predicament. But a child does owe his father a debt, if Dad, having gotten him into this peck of trouble, takes off his coat and buckles down to the job of showing his son how best to crash through it.