Ethel Watts Mumford Quotes

United States, Author
June 23, 1876 – May, 2, 1940.

Ethel Watts Mumford was an American author from New York City. The surname Mumford came from her first husband, George D. Mumford, a lawyer (married 1894–1901).

The worst thing about cynicism is its truth.

Ethel Watts Mumford
- Truth
- Cynicism
Economy is the thief of time.

Ethel Watts Mumford
- Economy
- Thief

Better a live doggerel than a dead sonnet.

Ethel Watts Mumford
- Dead
- Sonnet
Absinthe makes the heart grow fonder.

Ethel Watts Mumford
- Heart
- Grow
- Fonder
The danger lies not in the big ears of little pitchers, but in the large mouths.

Ethel Watts Mumford
- Danger
- Mouths
- Pitchers
The Doctor's Motto: Have patients.

Ethel Watts Mumford
- Patients
The doors of Opportunity are marked 'Push' and 'Pull'.

Ethel Watts Mumford
- Opportunity
- Push
- Pull
Imagination makes cowards of us all.

Ethel Watts Mumford
- Imagination
- Cowards

Where there is a will there's a law suit.

Ethel Watts Mumford
- Law
An ounce of convention is worth a pound of explanation.

Ethel Watts Mumford
The self-made man is often proud of a poor job.

Ethel Watts Mumford
- Job
- Proud
- Self-Made
Life Insurance Motto - Robbing the widows early and orphan.

Ethel Watts Mumford
- Life
- Orphan
- Robbing
The greatest possession is self-possession.

Ethel Watts Mumford
- Possession
- Self-possession
Knowledge is power, if you know it about the right person.

Ethel Watts Mumford

The wages of Gin is Debt.

Ethel Watts Mumford
- Debt
- Wages
- Gin
Those who 'cursed the day they were born' must have been infant prodigies.

Ethel Watts Mumford
- Born
- Prodigies
Busy people are never busybodies.

Ethel Watts Mumford
- Busy
- Busybodies
Contentment: The smother of invention.

Ethel Watts Mumford
- Invention