Richard Armour Quotes

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It is all right to hold a conversation but you should let go of it now and then.

Richard Armour
In larger things we are convivial:
What causes trouble is the trivial.

Richard Armour
That poem is a splendid thing.
I love to hear you quote it.
I like the thought, I like the swing.
I like it all. (I wrote it).

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Of late I appear To have reached that stage When people who look old Who are only my age.

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That money talks
I'll not deny,
I heard it once,
It said goodbye.

Richard Armour
Shake and shake
The catsup bottle,
None will come,
And then a lot'll.

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Here is where people,
One frequently finds,
Lower their voices
And raise their minds.

Richard Armour
Retired is being tired twice, I've thought
First tired of working, then tired of not.

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Good sportsmanship we hail, we sing,
It's always pleasant when you spot it,
There's only one unhappy thing:
You have to lose to prove you've got it.

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I miss my mattress when I am gone; It's one thing I've made an impression on.

Richard Armour
Removing adhesive is hazardous work: Little by little? Or one sudden jerk? Whichever it is, you may doubt you will win — Removing adhesive, but leaving the skin.

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In such novels as This Side of Paradise and The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald depicts the spirit of the hour which is usually about 4 a.m. His suave young men, always commuting between Princeton and The Plaza in Stutz Bearcats never sat still for long. It was too uncomfortable, with a large flask in the hip pocket.

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My day-old son is plenty scrawny, his mouth is wide with screams, or yawny; His ears seem larger than he's needing, His nose is flat, his chin's receding. His skin is very, very red, He has no hair upon his head, And yet I'm proud as proud can be, To hear you say he looks like me.

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Rather than earn money, it was Thoreau's idea to reduce his wants so that he would not need to buy anything. As he went around preaching this ingenious idea, the shopkeepers of Concord hoped he would drop dead.

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Behold the patient uncomplaining, Not asking whether losing, gaining, Not offering unsought advice, But really being very nice. Behold the patient quite relaxed, With nerves, this once, not overtaxed, Serene, almost unrecognized, Not fighting back — anesthetized.

Richard Armour