Lucy Larcom Quotes

Whether rich or poor, a home is not a home unless the roots of love are ever striking deeper through the crust of the earthly and the conventional, into the very realities of being, not consciously always; seldom, perhaps; the simplicity of loving grows by living simply near nature and God.

Lucy Larcom

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: March 5, 1824 - April 17, 1893

Topics

NatureLoveHomeGodSimplicity

Much of the magic of language, of course, lies in its fluidity.

Meghan Daum

LanguageMagicLiesCourseMuch

Sometimes when I speak to groups or I'm interviewed by a journalist, I ask them to imagine their communities without Girl Scouts - to imagine the thousands of food drives and clothing and toy collections that would never take place if not for Girl Scouts.

Anna Maria Chavez

GirlFoodSpeakPlaceSometimesAsk

Music was a central part of my childhood because my mother played organ and piano in the church, and that meant all us kids had to be in the church choir.

Michael Franti

MotherMusicChildhoodChurchChoir

In the gym, people's enthusiasm tends to get the best of them. They realize this is their opportunity to say hello or that they love my work... It doesn't matter how profusely you're sweating.

Sterling K. Brown

WorkLoveOpportunityBestPeople

I was indeed very slow as a youngster.

Roger Penrose

SlowIndeedVeryYoungster

Russians really needed a product that would be not as strong as vodka and not as feminine as cheap sparkling wine, so Martini was a good solution.

Roustam Tariko

GoodStrongWineSolutionCheap

When I was 12, my friend and I tried to sneak onto a plane from my hometown of Cleveland to New York City! My dad encouraged us - he was a wild guy, big on jokes.

Molly Shannon

FriendNew YorkCityHometownNew

I'm an inveterate note taker - I scribble all these things down on pieces of paper. I wanted to create some way of organizing all of them.

Mitch Kapor

OrganizingDownCreateWayPieces

We're Americans. We shape our own future. Let's start by standing up for President Barack Obama.

Deval Patrick

FutureStartPresidentUpOwnShape

A female piano player is always pretty cool to me.

Chrisette Michele

MeCoolAlwaysPrettyPianoPlayer

Any story is better with a little love in it, right?

Claire Danes

LoveStoryBetterRightLittleAny

My philosophy is, if you work as hard as you can, you give yourself as many opportunities as you can to be successful and lucky.

Bobby Lashley

WorkYourselfOpportunitiesYouHard

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