Mortimer Collins



Mortimer Collins (29 June 1827 – 28 July 1876) was an English writer and novelist. He went to London, where he devoted himself to journalism in the Conservative Party interest, writing largely for periodicals. He also wrote a good deal of occasional and humorous verse, and several novels.

Quotes

 * Just take a trifling handful, O philosopher! Of magic matter: give it a slight toss over The ambient ether—and I don’t see why You should n’t make a sky.
 * Sky-Making. (To Professor Tyndall), reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
 * Life and the Universe show spontaneity; Down with ridiculous notions of Deity! Churches and creeds are lost in the mists; Truth must be sought with the Positivists.
 * The Positivists, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).


 * A man is as old as he's feeling, a woman is as old as she looks.
 * The Unknown Quantity, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).