Philip Wylie
Philip Wylie
Philip Gordon Wyliewas a prolific American author of works ranging from pulp science fiction, mysteries, social diatribes and satire, to ecology and the threat of nuclear holocaust...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth12 May 1902
CountryUnited States of America
done doers certain
Not to understand the doer is to have no certain knowledge of what has been done, or why it was undertaken
strife
There is no advance without strife.
ignorance determined kind
Ignorance is not bliss — it is oblivion. Determined ignorance is the hastiest kind of oblivion.
trying liberty quality
The businessmen have corrupted liberty by trying to propose it as a material quality.
hate people common
God must hate common people, because he made them so common.
wise cheer men
Our history is every human history; a black and gory business, with more scoundrels than wise men at the lead, and more louts than both put together to cheer and follow.
eye men parent
The mealy look of men today is the result of momism and so is the pinched and baffled fury in the eyes of womankind.
inferiority individual superiority
Superiority and inferiority are individual, not racial or national.
education cities church
Education is not a function of any church or even of a city or a state; it is a function of all mankind .
powerful people minorities
Absolute dominion of a powerful people by a minority always produces national aggression.
stars children school
The first gold star a child gets in school for the mere performance of a needful task is its first lesson in graft.
freedom mean liberty
If liberty has any meaning it means freedom to improve.
blessing simplicity simple-life
Material blessings, when they pay beyond the category of need, are weirdly fruitful of headache.
ignorance oblivion bliss
Ignorance is not bliss - it is oblivion.