Alice Morse Earle Quotes

We should have scant notion of the gardens of these New England colonists in the seventeenth century were it not for a cheerful traveller named John Josselyn, a man of everyday tastes and much inquisitiveness, and the pleasing literary style which comes from directness, and an absence of self-consciousness.

Alice Morse Earle

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: historian
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: April 27, 1851 - February 16, 1911

Topics

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Commercial banks are very good for certain businesses, like loans and guarding other people's money. They're not great investors or entrepreneurs.

John Gutfreund

GoodGreatMoneyPeopleLikeVery

It makes it very exciting don't you think to live in an age of, of discovery of human personality this way?

John Money

LiveAgePersonalityThinkYouWay

I started wearing wigs when I was younger and had a thyroid disease that made my hair fall out. It was devastating. I thought, 'I could either have an issue with this, or I could go to the store and buy a wig.' And then I fell in love with wearing them, and I stuck with it even after my hair came back.

Angela Robinson

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What I learned with Cecil Taylor was strategy and survival and how to resist temptations and resist getting discouraged.

Steve Lacy

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If they don't give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair.

Shirley Chisholm

ChairYouTableBringSeatGive

I watch 'Singin' in the Rain' at least once a year with my grandchildren, and they just adore it.

Rita Moreno

RainGrandchildrenYearWatchJust

It will have to be a universal movement, and that will never be... because the big-league game, as it is now, is overrun with Southern blood. These fellows would have to stop at the same hotels, eat in the same dining rooms, and sleep in the same train compartments with the colored players. There'd be trouble for sure.

Jud Wilson

SleepGameTrainStopTroubleBlood

You got to realize there will be huge Elvis fans out there who'll be really critical, and I'm sure I'm my worst critic, but to get to do my own interpretation of Elvis and do it on a platform like this is really cool.

Drake Milligan

CoolYouWillMy OwnWorstRealize

I really don't over-theorize about design. I'd rather feel it than talk it to death. A lot happens as you unroll the design.

Colleen Atwood

DeathDesignFeelYouTalkHappens

To a certain extent, just like my children, I nurture my writing until the point when it has to get out and face the outside world, where it takes on a life of its own. That is a purpose of any artist and their art.

Colman Domingo

LifeChildrenArtPurposeWorldOut

Nobody can fail to lose weight in the jungle, unless they've got a secret stash of pork pies somewhere.

Colin Baker

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Even in your darkest moments, you'll think of something that'll crack you up.

Brad Paisley

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