{"author":"Heywood Broun","author_id":"Heywood+Broun","total_quotes":14,"quotes":[{"text":"He was of the mold from which great men are made. Having said of anything 'Let it be done' he at once felt not only that it was accomplished, but that he had done it himself.","author":"Heywood Broun","tags":["action","egotism","success"],"id":29688,"author_id":"Heywood+Broun"},{"text":"Sports do not build character. They reveal it.","author":"Heywood Broun","tags":["character","build","reveal "],"id":31050,"author_id":"Heywood+Broun"},{"text":"The tragedy of life is not that man loses  but that he almost wins.","author":"Heywood Broun","tags":["pressure","diamonds"],"id":42951,"author_id":"Heywood+Broun"},{"text":"Let's see,' mused the dragon, 'that doesn't tell us much, does it? What sort of a word is this? Is it an epithet, do you think?'Gawaine could do no more than nod.'Why, of course,' exclaimed the dragon, 'reactionary Republican.","author":"Heywood Broun","tags":["dragons","humor"],"id":199151,"author_id":"Heywood+Broun"},{"text":"As the dragon charged it released huge clouds of hissing steam through its nostrils. It was almost as if a gigantic teapot had gone mad.","author":"Heywood Broun","tags":["dragons"],"id":204413,"author_id":"Heywood+Broun"},{"text":"Any given censor is a fool. The very fact that he is a censor indicates that.","author":"Heywood Broun","tags":["books","censorship","writing"],"id":207192,"author_id":"Heywood+Broun"},{"text":"Nobody talks so constantly about God as those who insist that there is no God.","author":"Heywood Broun","tags":["nobody","who","talks "],"id":213896,"author_id":"Heywood+Broun"},{"text":"Men build bridges and throw ra ilroads across deserts  and yet they contend successfully that the job of sewing on a button is beyond them. Accordingly  they don't have to sew buttons.","author":"Heywood Broun","tags":["men"],"id":250888,"author_id":"Heywood+Broun"},{"text":"I doubt whether the world holds for any one a more soul-stirring surprise than the first adventure with ice-cream.","author":"Heywood Broun","tags":["adventure","world","surprise "],"id":274254,"author_id":"Heywood+Broun"},{"text":"With the suggestion of a compromise Gawaine mustered up enough courage to speak.'What will you do if I surrender?' he asked.'Why, I'll eat you,' said the dragon.'And if I don't surrender?'I'll eat you just the same.","author":"Heywood Broun","tags":["dragons","humor"],"id":315834,"author_id":"Heywood+Broun"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":14,"pages":2,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}