1890-1957, American Novelist, Journalist, Poet
Big shots are only little shots who keep shooting.
Christopher Morley – [Perseverance]
Dancing is a wonderful training for girls, it's the first way you learn to guess what a man is going to do before he does it.
Christopher Morley – [Dance and Dancing]
Few girls are as well shaped as a good horse.
Christopher Morley – [Beauty]
God made man merely to hear some praise of what he'd done on those Five Days.
Christopher Morley – [Creation]
High heels were invented by a woman who had been kissed on the forehead.
Christopher Morley – [Fashion]
I had a million questions to ask God: but when I met Him, they all fled my mind; and it didn't seem to matter.
Christopher Morley – [Heaven]
In every man's heart there is a secret nerve that answers to the vibrations of beauty.
Christopher Morley – [Beauty]
Life is a foreign language: all men mispronounce it.
Christopher Morley – [Life and Living]
My theology, briefly, is that the universe was dictated but not signed.
Christopher Morley – [Theology]
New York, the nation's thyroid gland.
Christopher Morley – [Cities and City Life]
No man is lonely while eating spaghetti; it requires so much attention.
Christopher Morley – [Food and Eating]
Success: Big shots are only little shots who keep shooting.
Christopher Morley – [Success]
The courage of the poets is to keep ajar the door that leads into madness.
Christopher Morley – [Poetry and Poets]
The enemies of the future are always the very nicest people.
Christopher Morley – [Enemies]
There is only one success — to be able to spend your life in your own way.
Christopher Morley – [Success]
We've had bad luck with our kids — they've all grown up.
Christopher Morley – [Children]