John Mason Brown
John Mason Brown
John Mason Brownwas an American drama critic and author...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCritic
Date of Birth3 July 1900
CountryUnited States of America
time waiting management
I am ready any time. Do not keep me waiting.
home heaven causes
No one is worthy of a good home here or in heaven that is not willing to be in peril for a good cause.
cities circles people
The more I observed Washington, the more frequently I visited it, and the more people I interviewed there, the more I understood how prophetic L'Enfant was when he laid it out as a city that goes around in circles.
drama past men
Something deathless and dangerous in the world sweeps past you...It is something fearful and ominous, something turbulent and to be dreaded, which distends the drama to include the life of nations as well as of men. It is an ageless warning...
reality long enough
I have lived long enough to be battered by the realities of life, and not too long to be downed by them.
education thinking sheep
Part of the American myth is that people who are handed the skin of a dead sheep at graduating time think that it will keep their minds alive forever.
kings humorous play
He played the king as if afraid someone else would play the ace.
writing winning agony
It is in the hard rockpile labour of seeking to win, hold, or deserve a reader's interest that the pleasant agony of writing comes in.
tattoo people criticism
To many people, dramatic criticism must seem like an attempt to tattoo soap bubbles.
education purpose daily-life
She knows what is the best purpose of education: not to be frightened by the best but to treat it as part of daily life.
memories today tomorrow
So often we rob tomorrow's memories by today's economies.
believe people legends
Even when the facts are available, most people seem to prefer the legend, and refuse to believe the truth when it in any way dislodges the myth.
book kids home
The comic book is the marijuana of the nursery, the bane of the bassinet, the horror of the home, the curse of the kids and a threat to the future.
children reason destroying
Reasoning with a child is fine, if you can reach the child's reason without destroying your own.