Christopher Morley

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No one appreciates the very special genius of your conversation as the dog does.


— Christopher Morley


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Only the sinner has the right to preach.


— Christopher Morley


#preach #right #sinner

People like to imagine that because all our mechanical equipment moves so much faster, that we are thinking faster, too.


— Christopher Morley


#equipment #faster #imagine #like #mechanical

The misfortunes hardest to bear are these which never came.


— Christopher Morley


#came #hardest #misfortunes #never #these

There is only one rule for being a good talker - learn to listen.


— Christopher Morley


#good #learn #listen #only #rule

We've had bad luck with our kids - they've all grown up.


— Christopher Morley


#bad luck #grown #had #kids #luck

Why do they put the Gideon bibles only in the bedrooms, where it's usually too late?


— Christopher Morley


#late #only #put #too #too late

Words are a commodity in which there is never any slump.


— Christopher Morley


#commodity #never #slump #which #words

No man is lonely eating spaghetti; it requires so much attention.


— Christopher Morley


#eating #lonely #man #much #requires

There is only one success - to be able to spend your life in your own way.


— Christopher Morley


#able #life #only #own #spend






About Christopher Morley






Did you know about Christopher Morley?

For most of his life he lived in Roslyn Estates Nassau County Long Island commuting to the city on the Long Island Rail Road about which he wrote affectionately. Out of enthusiasm for the Sherlock Holmes stories he helped to found the Baker Street Irregulars and wrote the introduction to the standard omnibus edition of The Complete Sherlock Holmes. On 14 June 1914 he married Helen Booth Fairchild with whom he would have four children including Louise Morley Cochrane.

He also produced stage productions for a few years and gave college lectures. Christopher Morley (May 5 1890 – March 28 1957) was an American journalist novelist essayist and poet.