Quotes of Owen Wister - somelinesforyou

“ When yu' can't have why you choose, yu' just choose what you have. ”

- Owen Wister

“ Has any botanist set down what the seed of love is? Has it anywhere been set down in how many ways this seed may be sown? In what various vessels of gossamer it can float across wide spaces? Or upon what different soils it can fall, and live unknown, and bide its time for blooming? ”

- Owen Wister

“ In the United States 'First' and 'Second' class can't be painted on railroad cars, for all passengers, being Americans, are equal and it would be 'unAmerican.' But paint 'Pullman' on a car and everyone is satisfied. ”

- Owen Wister

“ When you can't have what you choose, you just choose what you have. ”

- Owen Wister

“ When you call me that, SMILE. ”

- Owen Wister

“ When yu' can't have what you choose, yu' just choose what you have. ”

- Owen Wister

“ When you can't have what you choose, you just choose what you have. ”

- Owen Wister

“ When you call me that, SMILE. ”

- Owen Wister

“ When yu' can't have what you choose, yu' just choose what you have. ”

- Owen Wister

“ When you can't have what you choose, you just choose what you have. ”

- Owen Wister

“ When you call me that, SMILE. ”

- Owen Wister

“ There are worse evils than war. ”

- Owen Wister

“ When you call me that, SMILE. ”

- Owen Wister

“ There are worse evils than war. ”

- Owen Wister

“ When yu' can't have why you choose, yu' just choose what you have. ”

- Owen Wister

“ When yu' can't have what you choose, yu' just choose what you have. ”

- Owen Wister

“ When you call me that, SMILE. ”

- Owen Wister

“ When yu' can't have what you choose, yu' just choose what you have. ”

- Owen Wister

“ When you can't have what you choose, you just choose what you have. ”

- Owen Wister

“ When yu' can't have what you choose, yu' just choose what you have. ”

- Owen Wister

“ When yu' can't have why you choose, yu' just choose what you have. ”

- Owen Wister

“ When you can't have what you choose, you just choose what you have. ”

- Owen Wister

“ When you call me that, SMILE. ”

- Owen Wister

“ In the United States 'First' and 'Second' class can't be painted on railroad cars, for all passengers, being Americans, are equal and it would be 'unAmerican.' But paint 'Pullman' on a car and everyone is satisfied. ”

- Owen Wister

“ In the United States 'First' and 'Second' class can't be painted on railroad cars, for all passengers, being Americans, are equal and it would be 'unAmerican.' But paint 'Pullman' on a car and everyone is satisfied. ”

- Owen Wister

“ In the United States 'First' and 'Second' class can't be painted on railroad cars, for all passengers, being Americans, are equal and it would be 'unAmerican.' But paint 'Pullman' on a car and everyone is satisfied. ”

- Owen Wister

“ There are worse evils than war. ”

- Owen Wister

“ Many an act that man does is right or wrong according to the time and place which form, so to speak, its context; strip it of its surrounding circumstances, and you tear away its meaning. Gentlemen reformers, beware of this common practice of yours! beware of calling an act evil on Tuesday because that same act was evil on Monday! ”

- Owen Wister
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