Norman Lindsay Quotes

Whiskers alone are bad enough
Attached to faces coarse and rough
But how much greater their offence is
When stuck on Uncles' countenances

The peculiar rigidity of the English mind is seen at its noblest in the Times literary supplement.

I am fanatic enough to believe that my thought is something the world needs.

O, who would be a puddin', A puddin' in a pot,
A puddin' which is stood on A fire which is hot?
O sad indeed the lot
Of puddin's in a pot.

Words are cheap currency, but coin of the realm has the sincerity on it.

[U]nder the present condition of muddle in Mind-valuations, we must accept the accident a geographical isolation, and label our poetry "Australian."Beyond that, we have no concern for these variations in degree of rock and mud which pass for national distinctions on earth. Our valuation is one of Mind only, which disregards localisations in Time and Space, and which alone can become the symbol of a value in eternity.

"Thank you," said the Mayor, peevishly; " but, on the whole, I prefer to be restored with peeled bananas."

There is something extremely disgusting in having one's work pawed by policemen.

It is essential to effort that existence should be hard, painful and uncertain. It is essential that the struggle should endure, for it is by the struggle man develops. If it ceased, and life became perfect — effort would cease; Life would cease.For Life is effort.

Well, if this ain't enough to dumbfound a codfish.

But at this season puddin' thieves generally go south-east, owing to the price of onions.

If there is any man today who believes that the object of the eternal struggle for existence will evolve a higher type, an aristocracy of class, nation or race, that man has failed to read the history of mankind. In other words, he is a hopeless optimist.

Let your conduct be noble, and never sing the National Anthem to people wearing bell-toppers.

Bill was a small man with a large hat, a beard half as large as his hat, and feet half as large as his beard. Sam Sawnoff's feet were sitting down and his body was standing up, because his feet were so short and his body so long that he had to do both together.

Oh, no, no, no! Couldn't think of it. It's a very dangerous book. Had a very bad influence.