Grace Abbott Quotes

Child labor and poverty are inevitably bound together and if you continue to use the labor of children as the treatment for the social disease of poverty, you will have both poverty and child labor to the end of time.

Grace Abbott

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: activist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: November 17, 1878 - June 19, 1939

Topics

ChildrenTimeTogetherChildEnd

When you live in a small town behind the Pine Curtain, you live inside your head a lot.

Joe R. Lansdale

LiveSmallYouSmall TownInside

A-list stars go to Comic-Con to woo the nerd demographic.

Jim Lee

StarsGoNerdComic-ConDemographic

And I don't know where I'm heading. I mean, I've got a pretty good idea of what I want in life.

Jim Coleman

LifeGoodKnowWantMeanPretty

I didn't make 'The New York Times' bestseller list until 'Charmed Thirds,' and then again for 'Fourth Comings.' It gave me a certain validation, and it certainly helps position me for future books, but it's not something I think about on a daily basis.

Megan McCafferty

FutureDailyNew YorkMeThinkNew

In fiber optics, the cable is a light pipe or waveguide, into which you inject light. If a finger presses on the pipe, it disrupts that light within the waveguide.

Jefferson Han

LightYouWithinFingerPipeFiber

Time goes a lot quicker when the work is a lot more enjoyable.

Simon Baker

WorkTimeMoreQuickerGoesLot

Having caught a glimpse of what I might be able to do with my talent, I feel a tremendous obligation to try to fulfill it.

Simon Callow

TalentFeelTryObligationAble

There is a European Central Bank, of course, established and it has the structure similar to the Federal Reserve system, not precisely the same but similar.

Robert C. Solomon

BankStructureSameSystemCourse

People are always defining and re-defining music. My style of playing has been characterized as smooth jazz and acid jazz. I listen as I play; I'm not caught up in defining the type of music I play.

Roy Ayers

MusicStylePeoplePlayJazzListen

I have never felt salvation in nature. I love cities above all.

Michelangelo

NatureLoveNeverSalvationAbove

Self-esteem is as important to our well-being as legs are to a table. It is essential for physical and mental health and for happiness.

Louise Hart

HappinessHealthMental HealthTable

My goal involves a hammock, a vegetable patch, and a solar-powered house. And I hope to eventually get there.

Miranda Kerr

HopeHouseGoalGetVegetablePatch

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