Finley Peter Dunne - Dooley Quotes

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"Ye know a lot about [raising children]," said Mr. Hennessy. "I do," said Mr. Dooley. "Not bein' an author, I'm a gr-reat critic."

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"He made [money]," said Mr. Dooley, "because he honestly loved it with an innocint affiction. He was thrue to it. Th' reason ye have no money is because ye don't love it f'r itsilf alone. Money won't iver surrinder to such a flirt."

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"D' ye think th' colledges has much to do with th' progress iv th' wurruld?" asked Mr. Hennessy. "D' ye think," said Mr. Dooley, " 'tis th' mill that makes th' wather run?"

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Afther lookin' the candydates over, said Mr. Dooley, an' studyin' their qualifications carefully, I can't truthfully say that I see a prisidintial possibility in sight

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"I think," said Mr. Dooley, "that if th' Christyan Scientists had some science an' th' doctors more Christianity, it wudden't make anny diff'rence which ye called in—if ye had a good nurse."

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"Ye ra-aly do think dhrink is a nicissry evil?" said Mr. Hennessy. "Well," said Mr. Dooley, "if it's an evil to a man, it's not nicissry, an' if it's nicissry it's an evil."

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