The Best of Myles Quotes

“Moderation, we find, is an extremely difficult thing to get in this country.”
― Flann O'Brien, The Best of Myles

“Why be a dumb dud? Do your friends shun you? Do people cross the street when they see you approaching? Do they run up the steps of strange houses, pretend they live there and force their way into the hall while you are passing by? If this is the sort of person you are, you must avail yourself today of this new service. Otherwise, you might as well be dead.”
― Flann O'Brien, The Best of Myles

“Supposing you are a lady so completely dumb that the dogs in the street do not think you are worth growling at.”
― Flann O'Brien, The Best of Myles

“In Boston he met a pretty lady, fat and forty, but beautiful with the bloom of cash and collateral.”
― Flann O'Brien, The Best of Myles