13+ Margaret Ayer Barnes Quotes On Education, Religion

Margaret Ayer Barnes was an American playwright, novelist, and screenwriter active in the early 20th century. She was the first female playwright to win the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, for her play Accent on Youth in 1935. She wrote several other plays, novels, and screenplays, and was known for her witty dialogue and strong female characters. Following is our collection on famous quotes by Margaret Ayer Barnes on education, religion, love.

Resisted temptations become lost opportunities. — Margaret Ayer Barnes

I've almost come to feel that it doesn't make much difference what you believe in - the thing that's important is a state of belief. It's much better to believe in nonsense than in nothing. — Margaret Ayer Barnes

Sentiment, crystallized, grows into sentimentality. It lost all spontaneity, which was the essence of feeling. It was dated--old-fashioned. — Margaret Ayer Barnes

Riches make cowards of us. — Margaret Ayer Barnes

All wars are crusades, or we're made to feel they are. That's just what's so wicked about them. We're made to feel - not think - and people can't think when they feel. — Margaret Ayer Barnes

Character is the best security. — Margaret Ayer Barnes

It's a great shame that the world was organized with two sexes. It makes for a lot of trouble. — Margaret Ayer Barnes

The martial spirit is never dead. It sleeps through fortunate generations, but it wakes up very quickly to the toot of a fife. There's that roistering spirit in men which leads them to think a good fight is a lark - until they've been in one. And the impulse to fight for your own incarnation of an ideal. — Margaret Ayer Barnes

Character comes before scholarship. — Margaret Ayer Barnes

All banks should be under government control. Deposits guaranteed, dividends reduced, officials turned into state servants taking their orders from Washington. — Margaret Ayer Barnes

Curious, isn't it that "talking with the right people" means something so different from "talking with the right person"? — Margaret Ayer Barnes

There's nothing in all the world as much fun as talk. When you're talking, that is, with the right person. — Margaret Ayer Barnes

The trouble with education is that we always read everything when we're too young to know what it means. And the trouble with life is that we're always too busy to re-read it later. — Margaret Ayer Barnes

Life Lessons by Margaret Ayer Barnes

1. Margaret Ayer Barnes taught us that a woman's place is not limited to the domestic sphere, but that she is capable of achieving great things.
2. Her works demonstrate that a woman's voice is powerful and can be used to challenge the status quo and speak out against injustice.
3. She also showed us that it is possible to create meaningful work that is both entertaining and thought-provoking.