Phyllis McGinley Quotes

Our bodies are shaped to bear children, and our lives are a working out of the processes of creation. All our ambitions and intelligence are beside that great elemental point.

Phyllis McGinley

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: March 21, 1905 - February 22, 1978

Topics

ChildrenGreatIntelligenceCreation

I've been writing Indian music for a while. Indian music is about Mother Earth, and mine is no exception.

Jimmy Carl Black

MotherMusicWritingEarthBeen

If you know everything, it keeps you from writing. You don't want a story to burn you out instead of surprising you.

Joe R. Lansdale

WritingStoryYouKnowBurnWant

Black men of integrity cannot make a deal with a politician and leave out the poor of the nation, all God's children.

Jesse Jackson

IntegrityGodChildrenMenBlack

The most important thing parents can do, although it's not the only thing they should do, is model the behavior they want from their kids.

Angela Duckworth

ParentsBehaviorImportantWantKids

People in real life cuss God out when they're angry. That's all real.

Amber Tamblyn

LifeGodAngryPeopleRealOut

Observations indicate that the universe is expanding at an ever increasing rate. It will expand forever, getting emptier and darker.

Stephen Hawking

UniverseWillForeverExpandEver

I want to make people aware of early detection.

Rod Stewart

PeopleEarlyWantAwareMake

The first day that I get to Fort Myers, there was a newspaper down there. The newspaper said, 'Puerto Rican hot dog arrives in town.'

Roberto Clemente

DogDayDownSaidNewspaperHot

There is no greater excitement than to support an intellectual wife and have her support you. Marriage is a partnership in which each inspires the other, and brings fruition to both of you.

Millicent Carey McIntosh

MarriageWifeSupportPartnership

My ideas tend to arise out of nowhere when I'm not intentionally trying to think of something.

Chris Jordan

IdeasThinkTryingOutSomething

Telling my story has not been easy for me. I've had to dredge up memories I would have rather forgotten. The lonely, anxiety-ridden months I avoided others, attempting to hide from interrogations about my social life.

Chirlane McCray

LifeMemoriesMeStoryLonelyHide

There is no doubt ISIS poses a clear, direct threat to the United States, and decisive action is badly needed.

Bradley Byrne

ActionDoubtUnitedClearNo Doubt

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