Children, don't speak so coarsely, said Mr. Webster, who had a vague notion that some supervision should be exercised over his daughters' speech, and that a line should be drawn, but never knew quite when to draw it. He had allowed his daughters to use his library without restraint, and nothing is more fatal to maidenly delicacy of speech than the run of a good library.
~quote about Language by Robertson Davies, Tempest Tost
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~quotes on Psychology by Rainer Maria Rilke, on leaving psychotherapy We have the Bill of Rights. What we need is a Bill of Responsibilities.
~sayings on Responsibility by Bill Maher The patient does not care about your science; what he wants to know is, can you cure him?
~quotations on Medical by Martin H. Fischer Love and kindness are never wasted. They always make a difference. They bless the one who receives them, and they bless you, the giver.
~funny poem and saying by Barbara De Angelis Conservative, n: A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from the Liberal who wishes to replace them with others.
~saying about poem by Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary
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~quote about Housewarming by G.M. Weilacher Those who won our independence believed liberty to be the secret of happiness and courage to be the secret of liberty
~quotes on Independence Day by Louis D. Brandeis A man that should call everything by its right name would hardly pass the streets without being knocked down as a common enemy.
~sayings on Manners by Lord Halifax Old as she was, she still missed her daddy sometimes
~quotations on Fathers Day by Gloria Naylor A baby is an angel whose wings decrease as his legs increase.
~funny poem and saying by Author Unknown Nonviolence is about speaking the whole complicated truth, the truth of our rage, the truth of our longing, the truth of our tears and our laughter, the truth of our smallest fears and our grandest dreams
~saying about poem by Pam McAllister I never forget a face, but in your case I'll be glad to make an exception.
~quote about Celebrity by Groucho Marx The art of living lies less in eliminating our troubles than in growing with them
~quotes on Adversity by Bernard M. Baruch Nothing is so strong as gentleness,
and nothing is so gentle as true strength.
~sayings on Attitude by Ralph Sockman Remember happiness doesn't depend upon who you are or what you have; it depends solely on what you think.
~quotations on Happiness by Dale Carnegie [M]ovie-making is the process of turning money into light. All they have at the end of the day is images flickering on a wall.
~funny poem and saying by John Boorman, Money into Light, 1985 Give all to love; obey thy heart.
~saying about poem by Ralph Waldo Emerson I couldn't help but say to [Mr. Gorbachev], just think how easy his task and mine might be in these meetings that we held if suddenly there was a threat to this world from another planet[We'd] find out once and for all that we really are all human beings
~quote about Patriot Day by Ronald Reagan, 1985 Those who forget the pasta are condemned to reheat it.
~quotes on Food by Author Unknown America is a country that doesn't know where it is going but is determined to set a speed record getting there.
~sayings on America by Laurence J. Peter A custom loathsome to the eye, hateful to the nose, harmful to the brain, dangerous to the lungs, and in the black, stinking fume thereof nearest resembling the horrible Stygian smoke of the pit that is bottomless.
~quotations on Smoking by James I of England, A Counterblaste to Tobacco, 1604 I am sure that nothing has such a decisive influence upon a man's course as his personal appearance, and not so much his appearance as his belief in its attractiveness or unattractiveness.
~funny poem and saying by Leo Tolstoy In an earlier stage of our development most human groups held to a tribal ethic. Members of the tribe were protected, but people of other tribes could be robbed or killed as one pleased. Gradually the circle of protection expanded, but as recently as 150 years ago we did not include blacks. So African human beings could be captured, shipped to America and sold. In Australia white settlers regarded Aborigines as a pest and hunted them down, much as kangaroos are hunted down today. Just as we have progressed beyond the blatantly racist ethic of the era of slavery and colonialism, so we must now progress beyond the speciesist ethic of the era of factory farming, of the use of animals as mere research tools, of whaling, seal hunting, kangaroo slaughter and the destruction of wilderness. We must take the final step in expanding the circle of ethics.
~saying about poem by Pete Singer Keep your words soft and tender because tomorrow you may have to eat them.
~quote about Speaking by Author Unknown An artist cannot talk about his art any more than a plant can discuss horticulture.
~quotes on Art by Jean Cocteau, Newsweek, 16 May 1955 Advertising may be described as the science of arresting the human intelligence long enough to get money from it.
~sayings on Advertising by Stephen Butler Leacock, quoted in Michael Jackman, Crown's Book of Political Quotations, 1982 A man never knows how to say goodbye; a woman never knows when to say it
~quotations on Goodbye by Helen Rowland Living is being born slowly. It would be a little too easy if we could borrow ready-made souls.
~funny poem and saying by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Flight to Arras, 1942 I don't agree with mathematics; the sum total of zeros is a frightening figure.
~saying about poem by Stanislaw J. Lec, More Unkempt Thoughts The nose of the bulldog has been slanted backwards so that he can breathe without letting go.
~quote about Dogs by Winston Churchill Religion: A daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable.
~quotes on Religion by Ambrose Bierce I had rather be on my farm than be emperor of the world.
~sayings on Home by George Washington If there were no schools to take the children away from home part of the time, the insane asylums would be filled with mothers.
~quotations on Children by Edgar W. Howe It matters more what's in a woman's face than what's on it.
~funny poem and saying by Claudette Colbert, quoted in Kindling the Spirit by Lois P. Frankel Why do children want to grow up? Because they experience their lives as constrained by immaturity and perceive adulthood as a condition of greater freedom and opportunity. But what is there today, in America, that very poor and very rich adolescents want to do but cannot do? Not much: they can do drugs, have sex, make babies, and get money (from their parents, crime, or the State). For such adolescents, adulthood becomes synonymous with responsibility rather than liberty. Is it any surprise that they remain adolescents?
~saying about poem by Thomas Szasz Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, it only saps today of its joy.
~quote about Worry by Leo Buscaglia One can be a brother only in something. Where there is no tie that binds men, men are not united but merely lined up.
~quotes on Brothers by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Flight to Arras
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