For out of the eyes of every stranger looks either a friend or an enemy, waiting to be known.
—Owen Wister
It was neither preaching nor praying that made a better man of me, but one or two people who believed in me better than I deserved, and I hated to disappoint them.
—Owen Wister
When a man ain’t got no ideas of his own, he’d ought to be kind o’ careful who he borrows ’em from.
—Owen Wister
When a man is kind to dumb animals, I always say he has got some good in him.
—Owen Wister
Topics: Ideas, Life, Control
When you can’t have what you choose, you just choose what you have.
—Owen Wister
Topics: Choice
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