Austin O'Malley
Austin O'Malley
art art-is
That art is best which suggests most.
marriage important-events three
The three most important events of human life are equally devoid of reason: birth, marriage and death.
sermons
Sermons are like piecrust, the shorter the better
facts theory tires
Facts are carpet-tacks under the pneumatic tires of theory
waiting knees ifs
If you sit by the wayside waiting for Success, your knees will be too stiff to follow her when she passes.
fathers-day men ordinary
The worst misfortune that can happen to an ordinary man is to have an extraordinary father.
art feels knows
Art knows, life applies knowledge; art feels, life acts.
men roots color
A rose gets its color and fragrance from the root, and man his virtue from his childhood.
patience justice waiting
All things come to him who waits - even justice.
god clothes evening
You are not obliged to put on evening clothes to meet God.
real devil charity
Boards of public charity were invented by the devil to prevent real individual charity.
pie sermons
Sermons are like pie-crust, the shorter the better.
art awkward technique
Art is awkward until technique has become an unconscious habit.
art philosophy steam
Truth as philosophy is a gas; as art, it is visible steam.