Even the revolutionary writer will err if he fails to grasp the enormous effectiveness of occasional understatement.

More Quotes by Heywood Broun

Nobody talks so constantly about God as those who insist that there is no God.

Sports do not build character. They reveal it.

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

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

The editorial strategy of the 'World' is seemingly rested upon the theory that in a desperate cause, it is well to ask a little less than you hope to get. I think you should ask more.

Life is not a matter of theories. Life is a matter of facts. It calls on the young and the old alike to face these facts, even though they are hard and sometimes unpleasant.