Finley Dunne
Finley Dunne
Finley Peter Dunnewas an American humorist and writer from Chicago. In 1898 Dunne published Mr. Dooley in Peace and in War, a collection of his nationally syndicated Mr. Dooley sketches. Speaking with the thick verbiage and accent of an Irish immigrant from County Roscommon, the fictional Mr. Dooley expounded upon political and social issues of the day from his South Side Chicago Irish pub. Dunne's sly humor and political acumen won the support of President Theodore Roosevelt, a frequent target...
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth10 July 1867
CityChicago, IL
Most vegetarians I ever see looked enough like their food to be classed as cannibals.
There ain't any news in being good. You might write the doings of all the convents of the world on the back of a postage stamp, and have room to spare.
Don't jump on a man unless he is down.
A lie with a purpose is one of the worst kind, and the most profitable.
Vice is a creature of such hideous mien... that the more you see it the better you like it.
One of the strangest things about life is that the poor, who need the money the most, are the ones that never have it.
It don't make much difference what you study, so long as you don't like it.
An appeal is when you ask one court to show it's contempt for another court.
The world is not growing worse and it is not growing better - it is just turning around as usual.
Most vegetarians look so much like the food they eat that they can be classified as cannibals.
The only good husbands stay bachelors: They're too considerate to get married.
The past always looks better than it was. It's only pleasant because it isn't here.