J. Frank Dobie Quotes

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I have come to value liberated minds as the supreme good of life on earth.

J. Frank Dobie

Putting on the spectacles of science in expectation of finding an answer to everything looked at signifies inner blindness.

J. Frank Dobie

No cowboy ever quit while his life was hardest and his duties were most exacting.

J. Frank Dobie

The man for whom history is bunk is almost invariably as obtuse to the future as he is blind to the past.

J. Frank Dobie

Great literature transcends its native land, but none that I know of ignores its soil.

J. Frank Dobie

The average PhD thesis is nothing but a transference of bones from one graveyard to another.

J. Frank Dobie

Texans are the only race of people known to anthropologists who do not depend on breeding for propagation. Like princes and lords, they can be made by breath; plus a big hat-which comparatively few Texans wear.

J. Frank Dobie

J. Frank Dobie

J. Frank Dobie

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Born: September 26, 1888

Died: September 18, 1964 (aged 75)

Bio: James Frank Dobie was an American folklorist, writer, and newspaper columnist best known for many books depicting the richness and traditions of life in rural Texas during the days of the open range.

Known for:

The Longhorns (1941)
Coronado's Children (1930)
Tales of old-time Texas (1928)
The Ben Lilly legend (1950)
Cow People (1964)

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