A technical objection is the first refuge of a scoundrel.
Heywood Broun

Brotherhood is not just a Bible word. Out of comradeship can come and will come the happy life for all.
Heywood Broun

Everybody favours free speech in the slack moments when no axes are being ground.
Heywood Broun

Hell is paved with great granite blocks hewn from the hearts of those who said, I can do no other.
Heywood Broun

I doubt whether the world holds for any one a more soul-stirring surprise than the first adventure with ice-cream.
Heywood Broun

Nobody talks about God as those who insist that there is no God.
Heywood Broun

Sports do not build character. They reveal it.
Heywood Broun

The ability to make love frivolously is the chief characteristic which distinguishes human beings from beasts.
Heywood Broun

The great threat to the young and pure in heart is not what they read but what they don't read.
Heywood Broun

The most casual examination will reveal the fact that all the jokes about the horrible results of masculine cooking and sewing are written by men. It is all part of a great scheme of sex propaganda.
Heywood Broun


The tragedy of life is not that man loses but that he almost wins.
Heywood Broun