George Ade Quotes

• To insure peace of mind ignore the rules and regulations.

  George Ade

  Peace, Mind, Rules And Regulations

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• Anybody can win - unless there happens to be a second entry.

  George Ade

  Hilarious, Sarcastic, Laughter

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• A friend who is near and dear may in time become as useless as a relative.

  George Ade

  Best Friend, Time, Funny Friend

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• Moral: It all depends.

  George Ade

  Moral, Depends

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• Nothing is improbable until it moves into past tense.

  George Ade

  Time, Moving, Past

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• The serpent is helpless unless he finds an apple to work with.

  George Ade

  Apples, Serpent, Helpless

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• A lot of smart young people have come out of Indiana. The smarter they are, the faster they come out

  George Ade

  Smart, People, Indiana

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• Where ignorance is not bliss, get wise!

  George Ade

  Wise, Ignorance, Bliss

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• The time to enjoy a European trip is about three weeks after unpacking.

  George Ade

  Travel, Journey, Three

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• If it were not for the presents, an elopement would be preferable.

  George Ade

  Marriage, Would Be, Ifs

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• After being Turned Down by numerous Publishers, he had decided to write for Posterity.

  George Ade

  Writing, Belief, Turned Down

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• I got the breaks. Starting from nowhere in the corn belt, I helped edit a country weekly, then was jack-of-all-departments on an obscure daily, so that when I arrived in a big city everything I tackled in the line of column conducting and syndicate peddling and playwriting had to bring promotion, because I had no social standing which could be endangered, no reputation to toss away and no pride which might suffer a setback. Everything I acquired had to be velvet. You cannot lose your silver spoon if you are brought up on pewter.

  George Ade

  Country, Pride, Cities

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• One man's poison ivy is another man's spinach.

  George Ade

  Leadership, Sports, Food

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• Familiarity breeds contentment.

  George Ade

  Contentment, Familiarity

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• The music teacher came twice a week to bridge the awful gap between Dorothy and Chopin.

  George Ade

  Teacher, Art, Bridges

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• Scatter seeds of kindness.

  George Ade

  Kindness, Seeds

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• Mark Twain on George Ade's writing: I have been reading him [Ade] again, and my admiration overflows all limits. How effortless the limning! It is as if the work did itself, without help of the master's hand.

  George Ade

  Work, Reading, Writing

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• Only the more rugged mortals should attempt to keep up with current literature

  George Ade

  Hygiene, Literature, Should

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• For parlor use, the vague generality is a life saver.

  George Ade

  Life, Communication, Vagueness

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• A good jolly is worth what you pay for it.

  George Ade

  Pay, Jolly

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• In the city a funeral is just an interruption of traffic; in the country it is a form of popular entertainment.

  George Ade

  Country, Popular Entertainment, Cities

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• In uplifting, get underneath.

  George Ade

  Uplifting

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• A rolling stone gathers no moss and therefore will not be derided as a moss-back. Roll as much as possible.

  George Ade

  Moss, Rolling, Stones

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• Too many trained nurses discommode Cupid.

  George Ade

  Nurse, Cupid

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• As the twig is bent the tree is inclined.

  George Ade

  Education, Tree, Twigs

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