“When I see a bird that walks like a duck and swims like a duck and quacks like a duck, I call that bird a duck.”
– James Whitcomb Riley
“When you awaken some morning and hear that somebody or other has been discovered, you can put it down as a fact that he discovered himself years ago – since that time he has been toiling, working, and striving to make himself worthy of general discovery.”
– James Whitcomb Riley
“It is no use to grumble and complain It’s just as cheap and easy to rejoice When God sorts out the weather and sends rain – Why, rain’s my choice.”
– James Whitcomb Riley
“The anger of a person who is strong, can always bide its time.”
– James Whitcomb Riley