William Allen White
William Allen White
William Allen Whitewas a renowned American newspaper editor, politician, author, and leader of the Progressive movement. Between 1896 and his death, White became the iconic spokesman for middle America...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEditor
Date of Birth10 February 1868
CountryUnited States of America
greatness men quality
Greatness, generally speaking, is an unusual quantity of a usual quality grafted upon a common man.
morning bored strange
I have never been bored an hour in my life. I get up every morning wondering what new strange glamorous thing is going to happen and it happens at fairly regular intervals.
tolerance weakness should
Since others have to tolerate my weaknesses, it is only fair that I should tolerate theirs.
life morning eye
I have never been bored an hour in my life. I get up every morning wondering what new strange glamorous thing is going to happen and it happens at fairly regular intervals. Lady Luck has been good to me and I fancy she has been good to everyone. Only some people are dour, and when she gives them the come hither with her eyes, they look down or turn away and lift an eyebrow. But me, I give her the wink and away we go.
mistake doe littles
A little learning is not a dangerous thing to one who does not mistake it for a great deal.
flavor sun dawn
...if ever the sun rises upon Barbecue, its flavor vanishes like Cinderella's silks, and it becomes cold baked beef - staler in the chill dawn than illicit love.
leadership spiritual adventure
From 4 to 6 percent of the presidential office is not in administration but in morals, politics, and spiritual leadership . He has to guide a people in the greatest adventure ever undertaken on the planet.
college men vigor
If our colleges and universities do not breed men who riot, who rebel, who attack life with all the youthful vim and vigor, then there is something wrong with our colleges. The more riots that come on college campuses, the better world for tomorrow.
heart men names
Whoever tramples on the plea for justice temperately made in the name of peace only outrages peace and kills something fine in the heart of man which God put there when we got our manhood.
president fables slang
I would rather have written Fables in Slang than be President.
meat moral talent
The talent of a meat packer, the morals of a money changer, and the manners of an undertaker.
power would-be weakness
We all have weaknesses. But I have figured that others have put up with mine so tolerably that I would be much less than fair not to make a reasonable discount for theirs.
appeasement tyranny treason
Any appeasement of tyranny is treason.
advertising america genie
Advertising is the genie which is transforming America into a place of comfort, luxury and ease for millions.