Phyllis McGinley Quotes

Of one thing I am certain, the body is not the measure of healing, peace is the measure.

Phyllis McGinley

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

PeaceI AmHealingMeasureBodyAm

In talking to founder after founder; I've heard almost visceral reactions to working for companies, even very cool ones with great things to work on and lots of opportunity, like Facebook, Google, or consulting firms.

Maynard Webb

WorkOpportunityGreatCoolTalking

Families who get evicted tend to live in worse housing than they did before, and they live in neighborhoods with higher poverty rates and higher crime rates than they did before.

Matthew Desmond

LivePovertyCrimeHousingGetWho

People talk about Japanese kids as being inward-looking. But my experience is that if you offer them an opportunity, they'll take it.

John Roos

OpportunityExperiencePeopleYou

When you are a public personality, you can't afford to be a recluse.

Sridevi

PersonalityYouReclusePublic

Seasonally ploughing and harvesting crops will mash up a few moles, slice through a burrow of field mice and crush any ground-nesting bird chicks. Far more significant, however, is the creation of the field in the first place: an act that replaces entire ecosystems, along with all their animal inhabitants.

Tristram Stuart

BirdAnimalPlaceCreationWillUp

The truth is you cannot decrease the severity and certainty of sentences without increasing crime. It's simply impossible.

Tom Cotton

TruthImpossibleTruth IsYouCrime

It does seem true that a lot of people will do anything, however humiliating, for fame.

Roger Ebert

PeopleFameTrueWillAnythingSeem

Taking joy in living is a woman's best cosmetic.

Rosalind Russell

BeautyBestWomanJoyLivingTaking

It sounds cliche, but success is your friends, your family, what you do, and if you're happy when you wake up.

Michael Pitt

FamilySuccessHappyWake UpFriends

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Milton Friedman

MoneyLunchFreeFree LunchThing

Once the housing market begins to recover, I would phase out the mortgage tax deduction.

Joshua A. Tucker

TaxMortgageHousingOutMarket

I usually don't find myself reacting to my characters. I just create them ... And let the audience decide whether they're empathetic or scared or compelled to cheer me on.

Doug Hutchison

MyselfMeFindCreateAudienceJust

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