Rose Wilder Lane Quotes

Making the best of things is... a damn poor way of dealing with them. My whole life has been a series of escapes from that quicksand.

Rose Wilder Lane

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: journalist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: December 5, 1886 - October 30, 1968

Topics

LifeBestDamnWayPoorThings

Aside from a brief stint as a writing tutor during graduate school, I have managed to avoid respectable employment all my adult life.

Jesse Kellerman

LifeSchoolWritingGraduate School

I write diverse books because the world we live in is diverse, and I want my books to reflect that truth.

Jenny Han

LiveTruthWorldWantWriteReflect

I don't believe that you have to be a cow to know what milk is.

Ann Landers

BelieveYouCowKnowMilk

Some of the most rewarding times my brothers and I have are when all of us get together, and we can see what we've been building genetically and culturally.

Jeffrey Kluger

TogetherBuildingGet TogetherSee

My trademark at CNN was really asking insightful questions and making sure people are understanding the connections in humanity, and I think that is the core of education.

Soledad O'Brien

EducationPeopleThinkConnections

If you're a painter, you don't go, 'Abstract's really selling, so that's what I'm going to do.' If you're really truly an artist, you have to think what you're meant to paint.

Trisha Yearwood

ThinkYouArtistSellingGoPaint

I think The Meters are like The Beatles to us in New Orleans, you know.

Trombone Shorty

ThinkYouNewKnowNew OrleansUs

Just because one tribe piles on you, take shelter and continue to work towards your next goal, your next project. Don't be discouraged and remember that there are many fans of your work rooting for you to succeed.

Rob Liefeld

WorkSucceedRememberYouGoalFans

What I'm after is a composed music that will sound like improvised music when improvisors play it. You shouldn't be able to tell what parts are being improvised and what parts were written out beforehand; it should sound like the same music.

Roscoe Mitchell

MusicYouPlayWillSoundOut

I always want to work.

Mary McCormack

WorkWantAlways

How can a Man respect his Wife when he has a contemptible Opinion of her and her Sex?

Mary Astell

RespectWifeManOpinionSexHer

Joining finances can be tricky. Money has long topped the list of topics couples fight about.

Jean Chatzky

MoneyFightLongCouplesTricky

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