Thomas Dewar, 1st Baron Dewar Quotes

Minds are like parachutes - they only function when open.

A philosopher is a man who can look at an empty glass with a smile.

A teetotaller is one who suffers from thirst instead of enjoying it.

The only thing that hurts more than paying an income tax is not having to pay an income tax.

Sometimes doing nothing is doing something.

Judge not a man by his clothes, but by his wife's clothes.

Of two evils, choose the more interesting.

Minds, like parachutes, only function when they are open.

We have a great regard for old age when it is bottled.

Respectability is the state of never being caught doing anything which gives you pleasure.

Life is a one-way street and you're not coming back.

No wife can endure a gambling husband-unless he is a steady winner.

There is no traffic congestion on the straight and narrow path.

If you think you know it all, you are missing something.

Don't question your wife's judgment; look who she married.

A husband should tell his wife everything that he is sure she will find out, and before anyone else does.

Making a mistake is also an achievement.

We should not say how's business, but where is business

The road to success is filled with women pushing their husbands along.

If you get to the top on your own, who'll take the picture?

Nothing deflates so fast as a punctured reputation.

Sometimes a step forward needs a step back.

The quality of the article should be its greatest achievement.

Ability without enthusiasm is like a rifle without a bullet.

Keep advertising and advertising will keep you.

Confessions may be good for the soul but they are bad for the reputation.

Leave for tomorrow what you can't do today.

The pause is a part of the walk.

Fish stimulates the brain, but fishing stimulates the imagination.

Yesterday's success belongs to yesterday.

Never invest in a going concern until you know which way it is going.

The further you are from a problem, the smaller it gets.

When a man says his word is as his bond - get his bond.

The mind is like a parachute. In order to function, it first has to open.