Dame Rebecca West Famous Quotes
Those who foresee the future and recognize it as tragic are often seized by a madness which forces them to commit the very acts which made it certain that what they dread shall happen.
Dame Rebecca West Quotations
"I believe you should live each day as if it is your last, which is why I don't have any clean laundry because, come on, who wants to wash clothes on the last day of their life"
Child Age 15
It is the greatest of all mistakes to do nothing because you can only do a little. Do what you can.
Sydney Smith
It would be a sad situation if the wrapper were better than the meat wrapped inside it. (referring to clothing)
Albert Einstein
"Each suburban wife struggled with it alone. As she made the beds, shopped for groceries, matched slipcover material, ate peanut butter sandwiches with her children, chauffered Cub Scouts and Brownies, lay beside her husband at night-she was afraid to ask even of herself the silent question-Is this all"
Betty Naomi Friedan
"In the highest civilization, the book is still the highest delight. He who has once known its satisfactions is provided with a resource against calamity."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
The art of acceptance is the art of making someone who has just done you a small favor wish that he might have done you a greater one.
J Russel Lynes
Carry the battle to them. Don't let them bring it to you. Put them on the defensive. And don't ever apologize for anything.
Harry S Truman
Our neighbors in Virginia are just as responsible for these killings as the criminals are because they won't pass strong gun control legislation.
Marion Shepilov Barry Jr
"When you're through changing, you're through."
Bruce Barton
"Force is all-conquering, but its victories are short-lived."
Abraham Lincoln