Americans detest all lies except lies spoken in public or printed lies.

Abuse a man unjustly, and you will make friends for him.

—Edgar Watson Howe

The worst feeling in the world is the homesickness that comes over a man occasionally when he is at home.

—Edgar Watson Howe

A poem is no place for an idea.

—Edgar Watson Howe

If you don't learn to laugh at trouble, you won't have anything to laugh at when you're old.

—Edgar Watson Howe

A boy doesn't have to go to war to be a hero; he can say he doesn't like pie when he sees there isn't enough to go around.

—Edgar Watson Howe

Democracy means that anyone can grow up to be president, and anyone who doesn't grow up can be vice president.

—Johnny Carson

Our culture runs on coffee and gasoline, the first often tasting like the second.

—Edward Abbey

Half of the American people have never read a newspaper. Half never voted for President. One hopes it is the same half.

—Gore Vidal

In America the word revolution is used to sell pantyhose.

—Rita Mae Brown

I can think of nothing more boring for the American people than to have to sit in their living rooms for a whole half hour looking at my face on their television screens.

—Dwight D. Eisenhower