Erle Stanley Gardner Quotes

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The reason men don't know the law of life is because they're afraid to look Eternity in the face.

Erle Stanley Gardner

Now listen, Lam," he said, "you're a nice egg but you've got yourself poured into the wrong pan.

Erle Stanley Gardner

I like what I like and not what I'm supposed to like because of mass rating. And I very much dislike the things I don't like.

Erle Stanley Gardner

Murder is not perpetrated in a vacuum. It is a product of greed, avarice, hate, revenge, or perhaps fear. As a splashing stone sends ripples to the farthest edges of the pond, murder affects the lives of many people.

Erle Stanley Gardner

Facts themselves are meaningless. It's only the interpretation we give those facts which counts.

Erle Stanley Gardner

Time is really nothing but a huge circle. You divide a circle of three hundred and sixty degrees into twenty-four hours, and you get fifteen degrees of arc that is the equivalent of each hour.

Erle Stanley Gardner

Erle Stanley Gardner

Erle Stanley Gardner

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Born: July 17, 1889

Died: March 11, 1970 (aged 80)

Bio: Erle Stanley Gardner was an American lawyer and author.

Known for:

The Case of the Sulky Girl (1933)
The Case of the Counterfeit Eye (1935)
The Case of the Caretaker's Cat (1935)
The case of the cautious coquette (1947)
The Case of the Lame Canary (1937)

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