Arthur Guiterman Quotes

Arthur Guiterman shares light, whimsical verses about nature, work and everyday quirks that make you smile.

17 quotes

  1. The Deer don't dine When a Wolf's about, And the Porcupine Sticks his quill-points out.

  2. Commute with me, my Love, and be merry; How vain in the City to dwell When apple-trees blow in Dobbs' Ferry And lilacs adorn New Rochelle! White Plains is the Garden of Allah And Pelham's the Pearl of the Sea; There's bliss in the name of Valhalla -- Oh, fly to the Suburbs with me!

  3. Oh, who would choose to be a traveler? -- That anxious railway-guide unraveler Who spends his nights in berths and bunks, His days in chaperoning trunks; Who stands in line at gates and wickets To spend his means on costly tickets To Irkutsk, Liverpool and Yap And other dots upon the map.

  4. The three-toed tree-toad Sings his sweet ode To the moon; The funny bunny And his honey Trip in tune.

  5. It's lovely having grass and trees and flowers (Of course, at times, mosquitoes are a pest). Yes, life is life out here in Rangely Towers (Of course Some People like the city best)!

  6. God's Road is all uphill, but do not tire; Rejoice that we may still keep climbing higher.

  7. What one approves , another scorns, And thus his nature each discloses: You find the rosebush full of thorns, I find the thornbush full of roses.

  8. The stones that critics hurl with harsh intent, a man may use to build his monument.

  9. Admitting errors clears the score and proves you wiser than before.

  10. The porcupine, which one must handle gloved, may be respected, but is never loved.

  11. No true reform has ever come to pass Unchallenged by a liar and an ass.

  12. First dentistry was painless. Then bicycles were chainless, Carriages were horseless, And many laws enforceless. Next cookery was fireless, Telegraphy was wireless, Cigars were nicotineless, And coffee caffeineless. Soon oranges were seedless, The putting green was weedless, The college boy was hatless, The proper diet fatless. New motor roads are dustless, The latest steel is rustless, Our tennis courts are sodless, Our new religion--godless.

  13. Until the Donkey tried to clear The Fence, he thought himself a Deer.

  14. The Cat on your hearthstone to this day presages, By solemnly sneezing, the coming of rain!

  15. So once in every year we throng Upon a day apart, to praise the Lord with feast and song in thankfulness of heart.

  16. He who knows what he is told must know a lot of things that are not so.

  17. Active minds that think and study, like swift brooks are seldom muddy.