E W Howe Quotes

A man should be taller, older, heavier, uglier, and hoarser than his wife.

A boy doesn't have to go to war to be a hero; he can say he doesn't like pie when he sees there isn't enough to go around.

A reasonable probability is the only certainty.

To be an ideal guest, stay at home.

Probably no man ever had a friend that he did not dislike a little. ~E.W. Howe

The most destructive criticism is indifference.

The man who can keep a secret may be wise, but he is not half as wise as the man with no secrets to keep.

[THREE] As the staff car carrying Generals Almond and Howe started down the road beside the runway, McCoy paused long enough to wonder where they were going, then turned and motioned to Jeanette Priestly to get out of the Russian jeep. He had given a lot of thought to Jeanette and to her relationship with Pickering. Pick Pickering—a really legendary swordsman, of whom it was more or less honestly said he had two girls and often more in every port—had taken one look at Jeanette Priestly just over two months before and fallen in love with her.

Some men are alive simply because it is against the law to kill them.” ~E. W. Howe