Inspirational Quotations

Inspirational Quotes by Channing Pollock (American Playwright, Critic)

Channing Pollock (1880–1946) was an American playwright, critic, screenwriter, lecturer, and press agent. Although he was identified with the theater as a writer, he also produced essays, stories, articles, librettos, and lectures.

Born in Washington, D.C., Pollock began his career as a dramatic critic for the Washington Post in 1898. He turned to write plays at an early age and was the author of more than 40, most of them successful.

Pollock’s works included The Evil Thereof (1916,) The Fool (1922,) The Enemy (1925; made into a motion picture starring Lillian Gish, 1927,) and The House Beautiful (1931)—all of these discoursed against greed, and overeager ambition, deceit, and various other human failings. He also wrote the script for the Ziegfeld Follies (1915, 1922,) produced six books of short stories and essays, and two novels.

Pollock also wrote columns for the Sunday New York Journal, American Magazine, Reader’s Digest, and American Mercury. He made many radio broadcasts and traveled as a lecturer. As a press agent for Broadway impresario Florenz Ziegfeld Jr., he glorified the ‘Ziegfeld Girl’ (chorus girls and showgirls) of the 1920s.

Pollock also served as a drama critic for the Washington Post and Washington Times, and he wrote lyrics for many songs. His memoir is The Footlights, Fore, and Aft (1911.)

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No matter how small and unimportant what we are doing may seem, if we do it well, it may soon become the step that will lead us to better things.
Channing Pollock
Topics: Excellence

The only good luck many great men ever had was being born with the ability and determination to overcome bad luck.
Channing Pollock
Topics: Luck, Ability, Determination

There is a singing ecstasy in good work.
Channing Pollock
Topics: Work

Happiness is a way station between too little and too much.
Channing Pollock
Topics: Blessings, Happiness, Joy, Gratitude, Appreciation

Calm self-confidence is as far from conceit as the desire to earn a decent living is remote from greed.
Channing Pollock
Topics: Self Confidence, Assurance, Confidence

Opportunity rarely knocks until you are ready. And few people have ever been really ready without receiving opportunity’s call.
Channing Pollock
Topics: Opportunities, Opportunity

Each generation produces its squad of “moderns” with peashooters to attack Gibraltar.
Channing Pollock
Topics: Criticism

No man in the world has more courage than the man who can stop after eating one peanut.
Channing Pollock
Topics: Courage, Bravery, Eating

My clearest recollection of a long-ago interview with Thomas A. Edison is of a single sentence that was painted and hung on a wall in his room. In effect, the sentence was, “It is remarkable to what lengths people will go to avoid thought.” That is tragically true. Some of think, more of us think we think, and most of us don’t even think of thinking. The result is a somewhat cockeyed world.
Channing Pollock
Topics: Thinking

Home is the most popular, and will be the most enduring of all earthly establishments.
Channing Pollock
Topics: Home

A critic is a legless man who teaches running.
Channing Pollock
Topics: Critics, Criticism

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