Richard Armour > Quotes

“That money talks, I'll not deny, I heard it once: it said, 'goodbye”
― Richard Armour

“Politics, it seems to me, for years, or all too long, has been concerned with right or left instead of right or wrong.”
― Richard Armour

“Shake and shake the catsup bottle. None will come, and then a lot'll.”
― Richard Armour

“Here is where people,
One frequently finds,
Lower their voices
And raise their minds.
”
― Richard Armour

“The great improvement of the radio over the telephone is that it may be turned off without offending the speaker.”
― Richard Armour

“Melville died in New York on September 28, 1891, blissfully unaware that, in the years to come, so many people would leave the hyphen out of 'Moby-Dick.”
― Richard Armour, The Classics Reclassified

“It's all right to hold a conversation, but you should let go of it now and then.”
― Richard Armour

“Until Eve arrived, this was a man's world.”
― Richard Armour

“Dedicated to that amazing device, the Required Reading List, better even than artificial respiration for keeping dead authors alive.”
― Richard Armour, The Classics Reclassified

“some libraries are no longer called libraries but are known as Learning Resource Centers or Media Centers. Librarians, however, are still generally known as librarians and not yet as Learning Resourcists or Media Centerists, though this may be only a matter of time.”
― Richard Armour

“Oregon was discovered when someone followed the Oregon Trail right out to the end.”
― Richard Armour, It All Started with Columbus

“The author apologizes for being unable to afford a ghost writer, which explains the lack of a distinctive prose style.”
― Richard Armour, It All Started with Columbus

“It is possible that librarians will be robots, controlled by Master Minds having mastery of a master computer at the Library of Congress.
Or there will be no libraries and librarians, flesh-and-blood or otherwise. The onetime library patron will press a button and turn a dial on his TV, whereupon the requested book, in the desired language, will appear on the screen, the pages turning at the designated speed.”
― Richard Armour

“Almost nothing is known about Homer, which explains why so much has been written about him.”
― Richard Armour, The Classics Reclassified

“Scott calls Bois-Guilbert 'an unprincipled voluptuary,' which is hard to improve on.”
― Richard Armour, The Classics Reclassified

“William Shakespeare...was baptized on April 26, 1564. When he was born is disputed, but anyone who argues that it was after this date is just being difficult.”
― Richard Armour, The Classics Reclassified

“A TIDY SPELL"

I've just been through a tidy spell,
I tell you it's a verity,
I've sorted out the things to keep,
The things to give to charity.

I've sorted out my ties and belts,
I've sorted out my shirts,
I've sorted out my coats and slacks---
To part with some it hurts.

I've sorted out my shoes and socks,
I've sorted out my shorts,
I've sorted out so much, in fact,
That now I'm out of sorts.
-by Richard Armour”
― Richard Armour

“...you would do well to turn from Chapter XXXVI to Chapter CXXXIII without further delay, thus saving nearly a hundred chapters without anybody's knowing the difference if you keep quiet. After all, Ahab isn't the only one entitled to be a skipper.”
― Richard Armour, The Classics Reclassified