Alice Morse Earle Quotes

The brank, or scold's bridle, was unknown in America in its English shape: though from colonial records we learn that scolding women were far too plentiful, and were gagged for that annoying and irritating habit.

Alice Morse Earle

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

WomenHabitLearnAmericaUnknown

My well-meaning parents decided to send me to a Catholic grade school to get a better education than I probably would have received at the local public school. They had no way of knowing that the school nuns, who were the majority of the teachers at this particular parochial school, were right-wing, card-carrying John Birch Society members.

Jim Starlin

EducationSchoolParentsMeSociety

Adolescence is a tough one to be a child actor.

Jodie Foster

ChildToughActorAdolescence

Reading 'Blood Will Out,' one begins to understand how so many people were duped by Clark Rockefeller. All the imposter needs is some kind of initial agreement that he is who he says he is; thereafter, consensus builds via a network of human relationships.

Amity Gaige

PeopleReadingBloodKindUnderstand

It's like going to the zoo when you come to my house. I have snakes, three sharks, moray eels, piranhas, five scorpions and a bird spider.

Tracy Morgan

BirdYouHouseSharksZooThree

I invested in bitcoin - was that because of my degree? I don't know.

Ronny Chieng

KnowDegreeBecauseBitcoinInvested

There's a great deal of tension between so many kind of distinctive and restrictive female archetypes and images in the world. When you play with the archetypes, you get free.

Roisin Murphy

GreatWorldFreeYouPlayKind

When I started acting, one of the first things I learned was - especially in Hollywood - was branding. I'm a tall guy. I'm like, 'Yeah, that's probably going to be my foot in the door,' because that's my impression on everybody. I'm an athletic guy, and I think, because I grew up disliking jocks so much, that became, like, the character for me.

Ross Butler

CharacterMeDoorThinkActingTall

You know, every movie you make can't be great, no matter who you are.

Michael Madsen

GreatYouKnowMatterWhoMovie

My family and I cook at home almost every day together. The kitchen is the central and most important room in the house; it's a great way for us to connect. We love going to the farmer's market on Sundays as a family and choosing the ingredients together.

Jose Andres

FamilyLoveHomeGreatDayTogether

I grew up in the '80s in L.A., so Ice Cube and Magic Johnson are my heroes.

Jonah Hill

MagicIceHeroesUpCubeGrew

It turns out that advancing equal opportunity and economic empowerment is both morally right and good economics, because discrimination, poverty and ignorance restrict growth, while investments in education, infrastructure and scientific and technological research increase it, creating more good jobs and new wealth for all of us.

William J. Clinton

EducationGoodGrowthOpportunity

The most difficult problem in conducting is intonation. You must know what is wrong and how to correct it.

Pierre Boulez

ProblemYouWrongKnowDifficult

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