Who is john jay chapman?

Famous quotes containing the words jay chapman, john, jay and/or chapman:

“The short lesson that comes out of long experience in political agitation is something like this: all the motive power in all of these movements is the instinct of religious feeling. All the obstruction comes from attempting to rely on anything else. Conciliation is the enemy.”
—John Jay Chapman (1862–1933)

“I’ve been things and seen places.”
—Harvey Thew, screenwriter, John Bright, screenwriter, and Lowell Sherman. Lady Lou (Mae West)

“Tommy: You’re gonna have trouble with that one.
Milo: Oh no I’m not. He’s just not housebroken yet, that’s all.
Tommy: When are you going to stop getting yourself involved with young itinerant artists? It never works. If they’re no good, you’re ashamed. And if they are, they get independent.”
—Alan Jay Lerner (1918–1986)

“We have watered our houses in Helicon.”
—George Chapman (c. 1559–1634)