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Famous Finley Peter Dunne Quotes
“Drink never made a man better, but it has made many a man think he was better.”
“Trust everybody, but cut the cards.”
Source: Mr. Dooley remembers: the informal memoirs of Finley Peter Dunne
“A fanatic is a man that does what he thinks the Lord would do if He knew the facts of the case.”
“The world is not growing worse and it is not growing better - it is just turning around as usual.”
Source: Mr. Dooley on Ivryting and Ivrybody
“To most people a savage nation is wan that doesn't wear oncomf'rtable clothes.”
Source: Mr. Dooley's Philosophy
“It must be a good thing to be good or ivrybody wudden't be pretendin' he was.”
Source: Observations by Mr. Dooley
“What's wan man's news is another man's throubles.”
Source: Observations by Mr. Dooley
Source: Observations by Mr. Dooley