Ye can lead a man up to the university, but ye can't make him think.Finley Peter Dunne: Mr. Dooley's Opinions
Evolution
It's more comfortable to feel that we're a slight improvement on a monkey thin such a fallin' off fr'm th'angels.Finley Peter Dunne: Mr. Dooley On Making a Will
Fanaticism
A fanatic is a man that does what he thinks th' Lord wud do if He knew th' facts iv th' case.Finley Peter Dunne: Mr. Dooley's Opinions
Holidays
(Thanksgiving) 'Twas founded be th' Puritans to give thanks f'r bein' presarved fr'm th' Indyans, an' . . . we keep it to give thanks we are presarved fr'm th' Puritans.Finley Peter Dunne: Mr. Dooley's Opinions
Reform and Reformers
A man that'd expict to thrain lobsters to fly in a year is called a loonytic; but a man that thinks men can be tu-rrned into angels be an iliction is called a rayformer an' remains at large.Finley Peter Dunne: Mr. Dooley's Opinions
Trust
Thrust ivrybody—but cut th' ca-ards.Finley Peter Dunne: Mr. Dooley's Philosophy
