Quotes & anectdotes from the wise, the foolish, the courageous & the drunk

Channing Pollock Playwright

  • Gender: Male
  • Citizenship: United States
  • Born: Mar 4, 1880
  • Died: Aug 17, 1946

Channing Pollock was an American playwright, critic and writer of film scenarios, including The Evil Thereof.

He was married to cat breeder and Manhattan Opera House press agent Anna Marble Pollock, daughter of actor and songwriter Edward Marble. Pollock died at his summer home in Shoreham, New York in August 1946, a few months after his wife.

The only good luck many great men ever had was being born with the ability and determination to overcome bad luck. being good & men

Happiness: a way station between too little and too much. happiness

No man in the world has more courage than the man who can stop after eating one peanut. courage

Home is the most popular, and will be the most enduring of all earthly establishments. home

St. Patrick's Day March 17, 2025

There is no language like the Irish for soothing and quieting. 3 quotes from John Millington Synge

3 quotes from John Millington Synge

Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods of joy. 28 other quotes from William Butler Yeats

28 other quotes from William Butler Yeats

Geographically, Ireland is a medium-sized rural island that is slowly but steadily being consumed by sheep. 27 more sayings from Dave Barry

27 more sayings from Dave Barry

We have always found the Irish a bit odd. They refuse to be English. 74 more thoughts from Winston Churchill

74 more thoughts from Winston Churchill