Quotes By John Mason Brown

Charm is a glow within a woman that casts a most becoming light on others.

A good conversationalist is not one who remembers what was said, but says what someone wants to remember.

The critic is a man who prefers the indolence of opinion to the trials of action.

No one is worthy of a good home here or in heaven that is not willing to be in peril for a good cause.

The more one has seen of the good, the more one asks for the better.

I am ready any time. Do not keep me waiting.

The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose.

Some television programs are so much chewing gum for the eyes.

How prophetic L'Enfant was when he laid out Washington as a city that goes around in circles!

He played the king as if afraid someone else would play the ace.

America is a land where men govern, but women rule.

So often we rob tomorrow's memories by today's economies.