Finley Peter Dunne - Wan Quotes

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Th' dead ar-re always pop'lar. I knowed a society wanst to vote a monyment to a man an' refuse to help his fam'ly, all in wan night.

Finley Peter Dunne

No wan cares to hear what Hogan calls "Th' short an' simple scandals iv th' poor."

Finley Peter Dunne

There is wan thing, an' on'y wan thing, to be said in favour iv dhrink, an' that is that it has caused manny a lady to be loved that otherwise might've died single.

Finley Peter Dunne

There's always wan encouragin' thing about th' sad scientific facts that come out ivry week in th' pa-apers. They're usually not thrue.

Finley Peter Dunne

I think a lie with a purpose is wan iv th' worst kind an' th' mos' profitable.

Finley Peter Dunne

Th' Turkey bur-rd's th' rale cause iv Thanksgivin'. He's th' naytional air. Abolish th' Turkey an' ye desthroy th' tie that binds us as wan people.

Finley Peter Dunne

Though I have patches on me pantaloons, I've ne'er a wan on me intestines.

Finley Peter Dunne

To most people a savage nation is wan that doesn't wear oncomf'rtable clothes.

Finley Peter Dunne

A rayformer thinks he was ilicted because he was a rayformer, whin th thruth iv th matther is he was ilicted because no wan knew him.

Finley Peter Dunne