Edgar Watson Howe quote: "When a friend is in trouble, don't annoy him by asking if there is anything you can do. Think up something appropriate and do it. -Edgar Watson Howe."

When a man steals your wife, there is no better revenge than to let him keep her.
EDGAR WATSON HOWE

No man would listen to you talk if he did not know that it was his turn next.
EDGAR WATSON HOWE

Abuse a man unjustly and you will make friends for him.
EDGAR WATSON HOWE

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'...
EDGAR WATSON HOWE

I believe in grumbling; it is the politest form of fighting known.
EDGAR WATSON HOWE

Abuse a man unjustly, and you will make friends for him.
EDGAR WATSON HOWE

All of the troubles that some people have in life is that which they married into.
EDGAR WATSON HOWE

Everyone suffers wrongs for which there is no remedy.
EDGAR WATSON HOWE

If you don't learn to laugh at trouble, you won't have anything to laugh at when you're old.
EDGAR WATSON HOWE

The sounder your argument, the more satisfaction you get out of it.
EDGAR WATSON HOWE

When a man says money can do anything, that settles it: he hasn't got any.
EDGAR WATSON HOWE

No man's credit is as good as his money.
EDGAR WATSON HOWE

The sounder your argument, the more satisfaction you get out of it.
EDGAR WATSON HOWE

When people hear good music, it makes them homesick for something they never had, and never will hav...
EDGAR WATSON HOWE

Homesickness is. . . absolutely nothing. Fifty percent of the people in the world are homesick all ...
EDGAR WATSON HOWE

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 is...
EDGAR WATSON HOWE

A thief believes everybody steals.
EDGAR WATSON HOWE

There is only one thing people like that is good for them; a good night's sleep
EDGAR WATSON HOWE

What people say behind your back is your standing in the community.
EDGAR WATSON HOWE

A woman who can't forgive should never have more than a nodding acquaintance with a man
EDGAR WATSON HOWE

A man will do more for his stubbornness than for his religion or his country
EDGAR WATSON HOWE

People have discovered that they can fool the devil; but they can't fool the neighbours.
EDGAR WATSON HOWE

Nothing is wonderful when you get used to it.
EDGAR WATSON HOWE

The average man's judgment is so poor, he runs a risk every time he uses it.
EDGAR WATSON HOWE

A poem is no place for an idea.
EDGAR WATSON HOWE

Half the time men think they are talking business, they are wasting time.
EDGAR WATSON HOWE

When a friend is in trouble, don't annoy him by asking if there is anything you can do. Think up som...
EDGAR WATSON HOWE

Don't abuse your friends and expect them to consider it criticism.
EDGAR WATSON HOWE

If you don't learn to laugh at troubles, you won't have anything to laugh at when you grow old.
EDGAR WATSON HOWE

Instead of loving your enemies, treat your friends a little better.
EDGAR WATSON HOWE

When a friend is in trouble, don't annoy him by asking if there is any thing you can do. Think up so...
EDGAR WATSON HOWE

No man would listen to you talk if he didn't know it was his turn next.
EDGAR WATSON HOWE

Most people have seen worse things in private than they pretend to be shocked at in public.
EDGAR WATSON HOWE

Men have as exaggerated an idea of their rights as women have of their wrongs.
EDGAR WATSON HOWE

Many people would be more truthful were it not for their uncontrollable desire to talk.
EDGAR WATSON HOWE

Express a mean opinion of yourself occasionally; it will show your friends that you know how to tell...
EDGAR WATSON HOWE

Americans detest all lies except lies spoken in public or printed lies.
EDGAR WATSON HOWE

The worst feeling in the world is the homesickness that comes over a man occasionally when he is at ...
EDGAR WATSON HOWE

If a man has money, it is usually a sign, too, that he knows how to take care of it; don't imagine h...
EDGAR WATSON HOWE

The greatest humiliation in life, is to work hard on something from which you expect great appreciat...
EDGAR WATSON HOWE

Don't be crazy to do a lot of things you can't do .
EDGAR WATSON HOWE

We love the Lord, of course, but we often wonder what He finds in us
EDGAR WATSON HOWE

What people say behind your back is your standing in the community in which you live
EDGAR WATSON HOWE

A woman does not spend all her time in buying things; she spends part of it in taking them back
EDGAR WATSON HOWE

It's no credit to anyone to work too hard
EDGAR WATSON HOWE

A good scare is worth more to a man than good advice.
EDGAR WATSON HOWE

If a friend is in trouble, don't annoy him by asking if there is anything you can do. Think up somet...
EDGAR WATSON HOWE

A woman is as old as she looks before breakfast
EDGAR WATSON HOWE

Half the time men think they are talking business, they are wasting time
EDGAR WATSON HOWE

Some men storm imaginary Alps all their lives, and die in the foothills cursing difficulties which d...
EDGAR WATSON HOWE

When a man has no reason to trust himself, he trusts in luck
EDGAR WATSON HOWE

Men are virtuous because women are; women are virtuous from necessity
EDGAR WATSON HOWE

When you are in trouble, people who call to sympathize are really looking for the particulars.
EDGAR WATSON HOWE

Many people would be more truthful were it not for their uncontrollable desire to talk
EDGAR WATSON HOWE

Doing business without advertising is like winking at a girl in the dark. You know what you are doin...
EDGAR WATSON HOWE

Most people have seen worse things in private than they pretend to be shocked at in public
EDGAR WATSON HOWE

Marriage is a good deal like a circus: there is not as much in it as is represented in the advertisi...
EDGAR WATSON HOWE

Any man who will look into his heart and honestly write what he sees there, will find plenty of read...
EDGAR WATSON HOWE

The feeling of sleepiness when you are not in bed, and can't get there, is the meanest feeling in th...
EDGAR WATSON HOWE

There is nothing so well known as that we should not expect something for nothing - but we all do an...
EDGAR WATSON HOWE

A woman might as well propose: her husband will claim she did.
EDGAR WATSON HOWE

As a man handles his troubles during the day, so he goes to bed at night a General, Captain, or Priv...
EDGAR WATSON HOWE

I think I am better than the people who are trying to reform me.
EDGAR WATSON HOWE

I wasnt really asleep I was just meditating on unconsciousness.
EDGAR WATSON HOWE

If a woman doesn't chase a man a little, she doesn't love him.
EDGAR WATSON HOWE

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

The little trouble in the world that is not due to love is due to friendship
EDGAR WATSON HOWE

No woman ever falls in love with a man unless she has a better opinion of him than he deserves.
EDGAR WATSON HOWE

I try to have no plans the failure of which would greatly annoy me. Half the unhappiness in the worl...
EDGAR WATSON HOWE

One of the surprising things in this world is the respect a worthless man has for himself
EDGAR WATSON HOWE

A really busy person never knows how much he weighs
EDGAR WATSON HOWE

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'...
EDGAR WATSON HOWE

American freedom consists largely in talking nonsense.
EDGAR WATSON HOWE

Never tell a secret to a bride or a groom; wait until they have been married longer
EDGAR WATSON HOWE

A man should be taller, older, heavier, uglier, and hoarser than his wife
EDGAR WATSON HOWE

The underdog often starts the fight, and occasionally the upper dog deserves to win.
EDGAR WATSON HOWE

The most destructive criticism is indifference
EDGAR WATSON HOWE

Abuse a man unjustly and you will make friends for him
EDGAR WATSON HOWE

Everyone suffers wrongs for which there is no remedy
EDGAR WATSON HOWE

Everyone has something ancestral, even if it is nothing more than a disease
EDGAR WATSON HOWE

Imagination is not something apart and hermetic, not a way of leaving reality behind; it is a way of...
IRVING HOWE

The knowledge that makes us cherish innocence makes innocence unattainable.
IRVING HOWE

In poetry, I have, since very young, loved poetry in translation. The Chinese, the French, the Russi...
FANNY HOWE

Words played an important part in my growing up. Not only the written word... but words that flew th...
JAMES HOWE

I grew up reading 19th-century novels and late Victorian children's books, so I try for a good s...
FANNY HOWE

My novels are about a generation of Americans who lived between 1940 and 2000, who resisted the post...
FANNY HOWE

If someone is alone reading my poems, I hope it would be like reading someone's notebook. A reco...
FANNY HOWE

I was a go-go dancer at the Dom on East 10th Street in NYC. This was a glittering ballroom over Stan...
FANNY HOWE

I helped put in a rink in Cadillac, Michigan, when my wife was very healthy. She helped them put it ...
GORDIE HOWE

Kids who get called the worst names oftentimes find each other. That's how it was with us. Skeezie T...
JAMES HOWE

Kids who get called the worst names oftentimes find each other. That's how it was with us. Skeezie, ...
JAMES HOWE

Anyway, I do not want you thinking that I or Addie or Joe or Skeezie feel sorry for ourselves. We do...
JAMES HOWE

The way to be nothing is to do nothing.
NATHANIEL HOWE

You find that you have peace of mind and can enjoy yourself, get more sleep, and rest when you know ...
GORDIE HOWE

Character is power; it makes friends, draws patronage and support and opens the way to wealth, honor...
JOHN HOWE

You've got to love what you're doing. If you love it, you can overcome any handicap or the soreness ...
GORDIE HOWE

The way of the world is, to praise dead saints, and persecute living ones.
NATHANIEL HOWE

You may easily play a joke on a man who likes to argue--agree with him.
ED HOWE

No man's credit is as good as his money.
ED HOWE

I believe in grumbling it is the politest form of fighting known.
ED HOWE

Common sense is compelled to make its way without the enthusiasm of anyone.
ED HOWE

The little trouble in the world that is not due to love is due to friendship.
ED HOWE

When you can't do anything else to a boy, you can make him wash his face.
ED HOWE

Reading is like permitting a man to talk a long time, and refusing you the right to answer.
ED HOWE

A woman who can't forgive should never have more than a nodding acquaintance with a man. See our art...
ED HOWE

You needn't love your enemy, but if you refrain from telling lies about him, you are doing well enou...
ED HOWE

If you don't learn to laugh at trouble, you won't have anything to laugh at when you're old.
ED HOWE

But now, before that new birth take place in the spirit of man, it wants, but knows not what, craves...
JOHN HOWE

Families with babies and families without babies are sorry for each other.
ED HOWE

Families with babies and families without are so sorry for each other.
ED HOWE

You've got to love what you're doing. If you love it, you can overcome any handicap or the s...
GORDIE HOWE

Will you permit the sacred fire of liberty, brought by your fathers from the venerable temples of Br...
JOSEPH HOWE

You find that you have peace of mind and can enjoy yourself, get more sleep, and rest when you know ...
GORDIE HOWE

More often than not, however, the person who flatly states 'Elves aren't like that!' is ...
JOHN HOWE

Never tell a secret to a bride or a groom; wait until they have been married longer.
ED HOWE

When a man has no reason to trust himself, he trusts in luck.
ED HOWE

When you are in trouble, people who call to sympathize are really looking for the particulars.
ED HOWE

Nothing tires a man more than to be grateful all the time.
ED HOWE

We love the Lord, of course, but we often wonder what He finds in us.
ED HOWE

We are not free, it was not intended we should be. A book of rules is placed in our cradle, and we n...
ED HOWE

A woman who can't forgive should never have more than a nodding acquaintance with a man.
ED HOWE

Don't take up a man's time talking about the smartness of your children; he wants to talk to you abo...
ED HOWE

One of the surprising things in this world is the respect a worthless man has for himself.
ED HOWE

My books are very few, but then the world is before me - a library open to all - from which poverty ...
JOSEPH HOWE

She was always puzzled that people say that darkness falls. To her it seemed instead to rise, massin...
KATHERINE HOWE

Of course mothers and daughters with strong personalities might see the world from very different po...
KATHERINE HOWE

But remember. Just because you don't believe in something doesn't mean it isn't real.
KATHERINE HOWE

Marketing spending in the fourth quarter of 2005 was a precipitous drop from the two-year high of Q3...
CARL HOWE

DVDs are going to push them out of the way. And even DVDs themselves, I think are on their way to be...
CARL HOWE

There is no one left.
CARL HOWE

The Internet is a great public medium for exchanging information. But if you have information that y...
CARL HOWE

People have experience with the real world. For most people, the Internet feels insubstantial.
CARL HOWE

I don't know [that] they're going to get it cheaper than free. The post office is not the place to l...
CARL HOWE

It's about not having to run wires into every room. It's about being able to bring in a little devic...
CARL HOWE

The whole idea of the 'X Internet' is that it has to be much more experiential. Now we have to creat...
CARL HOWE

It's a high-stakes game, and you can lose those bets.
CARL HOWE

If you're going to put information like that on the Web, you'll want to see if the service provides ...
CARL HOWE

Dragons and bridges are very much something out of fairy tales and fantasy.
JOHN HOWE

I think I am better than the people who are trying to reform me.
E.W. HOWE

A thief believes everybody steals.
E.W. HOWE

Will you, my countrymen, the descendants of these men, warmed by their blood, inheriting their langu...
JOSEPH HOWE

Financial sense is knowing that certain men will promise to do certain things, and fail.
ED HOWE

What a folly it is to dread the thought of throwing away life at once, and yet have no regard to thr...
JOHN HOWE

American professional athletes are bilingual; they speak English and profanity.
GORDIE HOWE

All hockey players are bilingual. They know English and profanity.
GORDIE HOWE

A theory is no more like a fact than a photograph is like a person.
ED HOWE

A young boy is a theory, an old man is a fact.
ED HOWE

Virtue must be valuable, if men and women of all degrees pretend to have it.
ED HOWE

I like to read fiction, and I particularly enjoy reading young adult fiction. But I also read childr...
JAMES HOWE

Luckily, I did and I managed to pull clear of Theo and George on my way to the chequered flag. I fee...
DAVID HOWE

My mother and dad played the fiddle and the guitar.
GORDIE HOWE

My public life is before you; and I know you will believe me when I say, that when I sit down in sol...
JOSEPH HOWE

...You can have this whole entire life, with all your opinions, your loves, your fears. Eventually t...
KATHERINE HOWE

Modernity consists in a revolt against the prevailing style, an unyielding rage against the official...
IRVING HOWE

Information and inspiration are everywhere... history, art, architecture, everything an illustrator ...
JOHN HOWE

We may smile at these matters, but they are melancholy illustrations.
JOSEPH HOWE

I have been illustrating Tolkien's books ever since I first read them, long before illustration ...
JOHN HOWE

Start with familiar fairy tales or Bible stories or old folk tales or ancient myths and legends. You...
PRISCILLA HOWE

Would I be out of line if I said amen to that? I agree with them wholeheartedly.
DAVID HOWE

There's a learning curve, but we just have to be patient. You can't expect three hits a night right ...
ART HOWE

The kid, he just looked to me like he was ready. It was time to start playing. He put his game face ...
ART HOWE

Who are you going to walk to get to anybody else?
ART HOWE

He just hasn't made enough progress to think that he's going to be better by the beginning of next w...
ART HOWE

You walk around and see people studying their phones like religious documents, ... It's not hard to ...
ART HOWE

[Two of the people thought to be at or near the top of the Pirates' wish list to succeed Lloyd McCle...
ART HOWE

I would hope they have interest in me -- as I do in them. It's nice to hear [his name being mentione...
ART HOWE

I knew they were ready to take the next step, ... I told Drayton that.
ART HOWE

It could be a good situation for everybody,
ART HOWE

Interesting, ... I learned they don't rebuild in New York.
ART HOWE

It was the week of the sectional, so we were fired up all week to practice hard and fix all the litt...
ANDREW HOWE

We're on the way up. I want to win (the state title). I won't accept anything else.
ANDREW HOWE

I'm just taking it one match at a time. He's on my mind, but I don't try to focus on another individ...
ANDREW HOWE

Age has nothing to do with it. Heck, I played until I was 52 so I could play with my sons, Mark and ...
GORDIE HOWE

Some players may have had a drink too many the night before the game. I didn't have that problem bec...
GORDIE HOWE

When people hear good music, it makes them homesick for something they've never had, and never will ...
E.W. HOWE

The way of the world is, to praise dead saints, and persecute living ones
NATHANIEL HOWE

The Bond Between
Cousins Cannot
Be Broken!
LYDIA HOWE

If Colleen Howe had been a hockey player, she would have been a centremen. I can see her as a centre...
GORDIE HOWE

The cruelest thing anyone can do to Portnoy's Complaint is to read it twice.
IRVING HOWE

The first time I met Wayne Gretzky... he never said anything back.
GORDIE HOWE

There's always something in the game you wish you would have done different. That's why play...
GORDIE HOWE

Life is short and there will always be dirty dishes, so let's dance.
JAMES HOWE

We were dealing with the emergencies of pain control, all her treatment, ... I was working a full-ti...
JAMES HOWE

Eclectic means you can put anything together as long as it's expensive.
CHAUNCEY HOWE

We want the morning show to be at least as good, if not better, than the radio station. The morning ...
DON HOWE

My books are very few, but then the world is before me - a library open to all - from which poverty ...
JOSEPH HOWE

They have shrunk from inquiry, though they have strained after punishment. I have in every shape dar...
JOSEPH HOWE

In his voice resonated the timbre of a man who thinks he has convinced himself of an idea, but masks...
KATHERINE HOWE

Just because you don't believe it[] [...]doesn't mean that it's not true.
KATHERINE HOWE

Remember, cousins are forever!
LYDIA HOWE

I hated that the soldier doll had my name. I mean, please. I didn't play with him much. He was anoth...
JAMES HOWE

The Lord works in mysterious ways. What's true to one man, a wonder and a marvel, might not seem so ...
KATHERINE HOWE

But an attentive researcher--like you--might be able to see something that all the experts can't see...
KATHERINE HOWE

Il est bon à savoir. It is good to know.
KATHERINE HOWE

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

She immediately stopped. It was her and that little child there alone.
JOHN HOWE

We came into this thing late. I would have pursued it if I had time.
JOHN HOWE

But the more you get into this, the more ominous you see it.
JOHN HOWE

Attracting top-notch talent is key in continuing to deliver superior returns for our investors. Both...
JOHN HOWE

What a folly to dread the thought of throwing away life at once, and yet have no regard to throwing ...
JOHN HOWE

When a friend is in trouble, don't annoy him by asking if there is anything you can do. Think up something appropriate and do it. -Edgar Watson Howe.

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When a friend is in trouble, don't annoy him by asking if there is anything you can do. Think up something appropriate and do it. -Edgar Watson Howe.

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