The time has arrived when patience becomes a crime and mayhem appears garbed in a manner of virtue Edgar Rice Burroughs More Quotes by Edgar Rice Burroughs More Quotes From Edgar Rice Burroughs When Tarzan killed he more often smiled than scowled, and smiles are the foundation of beauty. Edgar Rice Burroughs foundation If I had followed my better judgment always, my life would have been a very dull one. Edgar Rice Burroughs judgment has-beens dull I have been successful probably because I have always realized that I knew nothing about writing and have merely tried to tell an interesting story entertainingly. Edgar Rice Burroughs successful writing interesting If you write one story, it may be bad; if you write a hundred, you have the odds in your favor. Edgar Rice Burroughs odds stories writing The whole fabric of our religion is based on superstitious beliefin lies that have been foisted upon us for ages by those directly above us, to whose personal profit and aggrandizement it was to have us continue to believe as they wished us to believe. Edgar Rice Burroughs atheist believe lying So strong is the power of superstition that even though we know that we have been reverencing a sham, yet still we hesitate to admit the validity of our new-found convictions. Edgar Rice Burroughs superstitions statistics strong I verily believe that a man's way with women is in inverse ratio to his prowess among men. The weakling and the saphead have often great ability to charm the fair sex, while the fighting man who can face a thousand real dangers unafraid, sits hiding in the shadows like some frightened child. Edgar Rice Burroughs real children sex The more one listens to ordinary conversations the more apparent it becomes that the reasoning faculties of the brain take little part in the direction of the vocal organs. Edgar Rice Burroughs ordinary brain littles You are here for but an instant, and you mustn't take yourself too seriously Edgar Rice Burroughs instant It is a characteristic of the weak and criminal to attribute to others the misfortunes that are the result of their own wickedness. Edgar Rice Burroughs wickedness criminals weak I loathed poverty and I would have liked to put my hands on the party who said that poverty is an honorable estate. It is an indication of inefficiency and nothing more. There is nothing honorable or fine about it. Edgar Rice Burroughs poverty party hands Golf is a mental disorder. Edgar Rice Burroughs mental-disorder disorder golf Even theories must have foundations. Edgar Rice Burroughs foundation statistics theory No fiction is worth reading except for entertainment. If it entertains and is clean, it is good literature, or its kind. If it forms the habit of reading, in people who might not read otherwise, it is the best literature. Edgar Rice Burroughs reading people fiction I have discovered that the world over, unusual weather prevails at all times of the year. Edgar Rice Burroughs weather world years It never seems to occur to some people, that, like beauty, a sense of humor may sometimes be fatal. Edgar Rice Burroughs sense-of-humor may people I do not think that I am ever overconfident. I am merely wholly confident, and I maintain that there is all the difference in the world there. Edgar Rice Burroughs differences world thinking We are, all of us, creatures of habit, and when the seeeming necessity for schooling ourselves in new ways ceases to exist, we fall naturally and easily into the manner and customs which long usage has implanted ineradicably within us. Edgar Rice Burroughs long way fall I love you, and because I love you I believe in you. But if I did not believe, still should I love. Had you come back for me, and had there been no other way, I would have gone into the jungle with you - forever. Edgar Rice Burroughs forever love-you believe A warrior may change his metal, but not his heart. Edgar Rice Burroughs warrior heart may
