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POETS, AUTHORS AND OTHERS

A Personal Collection of Charles (Chuck) Welty

This is a group of quotations that I have been gathering for over 60 years.  The collection started during WW II when I came across a book edited by Alexander Woollcott titled "As You Were"' published in 1943.  It was a collection of prose and poetry that he thought would appeal to service people.  The book was hard-bound, but was small enough to fit in a uniform pocket.  I still have it.

About 5,000+ folks visit this page each month.  The favorite quotations of the visitors are:

I don't have any best favorite but I urge you to check out John W. Thomason and Ned Jordan.  The Will Rogers page includes an audio clip of Rogers talking on ecology (although he didn't use that word).  The Churchill page also includes an audio clip of one of his famous speeches.

Until recently, I couldn't find any quotes from females that I thought fit into this collection.  I've added a quote from Abigail Adams, suggested by a friend.  I'm open to other suggestions.

Click on the name of the author above for a sample of his work and a short biographical sketch.

Enjoy!

Charles (Chuck) Welty
Austin, Texas

 Acknowledgments

Biographical information in part from The Reader's Encyclopedia, Thomas Y. Crowell Co., 1948, The Academic American Encyclopedia, online edition, Grolier Electronic Publishing, Danbury, CT, 1993,  Microsoft ® Encarta®  Encyclopedia. © 1993-2002 Microsoft Corporation.