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children pride men
There is not a manufacturer or tradesman in existence, who would not employ a man who takes a reasonable degree of pride in the appearance of himself and those about him, in preference to a sullen, slovenly fellow, who works doggedly on, regardless of his own clothing and that of his wife and children, and seeming to take pleasure or pride in nothing. Charles Dickens
children father heart
Father Time is not always a hard parent and though he tarries for none of his children, often lays his hand lightly upon those who have used him well; making them old men and women inexorably enough, but leaving their hearts and spirits young and in full vigor. With such people the gray head is but the impression of the old fellow's hand in giving them his blessing, and every wrinkle but a notch in the quiet calendar of a well-spent life.
children sea play
There is nothing--no, nothing--innocent or good, that dies and is forgotten; let us hold to that faith or none. An infant, a prattling child, dying in the cradle, will live again in the better thoughts of those that loved it, and play its part through them in the redeeming actions of the world, though its body be burnt to ashes or drowned in the deep sea.
children parenting expectations
In the little world in which children have their existence, whosoever brings them up, there is nothing so finely perceived and so finely felt, as injustice.
children grieving two
It always grieves me to contemplate the initiation of children into the ways of life when they are scarcely more than infants. It checks their confidence and simplicity, two of the best qualities that heaven gives them, and demands that they share our sorrows before they are capable of entering into our enjoyments.
children father past
How strange it is that we of the present day are constantly praising that past age which our fathers abused, and as constantly abusing that present age, which our children will praise. Charles Caleb Colton
children knowledge enemy
Religion has treated knowledge sometimes as an enemy, sometimes as a hostage; often as a captive and more often as a child; but knowledge has become of age, and religion must either renounce her acquaintance, or introduce her as a companion and respect her as a friend.
children gambling parent
Gaming is the child of avarice, but the parent of prodigality.
children heaven wish
Avarice begets more vices than Priam did children and like Priam survives them all. It starves its keeper to surfeit those who wish him dead, and makes him submit to more mortifications to lose heaven than the martyr undergoes to gain it.
convinced face guy until wayne wore
Wayne was the kind of guy who would get in your face until he convinced you ... or he just wore you out. Michael Dawidziak
convinced dared fiction good graduate mine poems point school took
I started out in graduate school to be a fiction writer. I thought I wanted to write short stories. I started writing poems at that point only because a friend of mine dared me to write a poem. And I took the dare because I was convinced that I couldn't write a good poem... And then it actually wasn't so bad. Natasha Trethewey
convinced device tracking
When I was a journalist at Wired, I convinced a doctor to implant an RFID tracking device in my arm. Annalee Newitz
convinced decided experience helps offer recently series
I'm so convinced that hiking helps my writing that I recently decided to offer a series of hiking-writing workshops to see if others had the same experience. Kate Klise
convinced mere paid repeat satellite serious twenty visit
I repeat that the distance between the earth and her satellite is a mere trifle, and undeserving of serious consideration. I am convinced that before twenty years are over, one-half of our earth will have paid a visit to the moon. Jules Verne
convinced fully
I'm a Communist, fully convinced and dedicated to my cause. Italo Calvino
convinced family norm
I am convinced that the norm in Russia should become a family with three children. Vladimir Putin
convinced country women
I convinced myself economic empowerment of women was going to be key, especially in a country like this where most women didn't go to school. Joyce Banda
convinced couples exactly listening music songs together
I'm convinced there are a lot of couples who have got together while listening to my music. My songs are not exactly unsexy. Kylie Minogue
good-morning beauty nature
Nature gives to every time and season some beauties of its own; and from morning to night, as from the cradle to the grave, it is but a succession of changes so gentle and easy that we can scarcely mark their progress.
good-friend trying disability
Try not to associate bodily defect with mental, my good friend, except for a solid reason
good-life two evil
Of two evils, it is perhaps less injurious to society, that good doctrine should be accompanied by a bad life, than that a good life should lend its support to a bad doctrine.
good-things cruelty
A good thing can't be cruel.
good-man energy attention
Promptitude is not only a duty, but is also a part of good manners; it is favorable to fortune, reputation, influence, and usefulness; a little attention and energy will form the habit, so as to make it easy and delightful. Charles Simmons
good-day writing emotional
If you give me a typewriter and I'm having a good day, I can write a scene that will astonish its readers. That will perhaps make them laugh, perhaps make them cry - that will have some emotional clout to it. It doesn't cost much to do that. Alan Moore
goodbye farewell heart
The best things said come last. People will talk for hours saying nothing much and then linger at the door with words that come with a rush from the heart. Alan Alda
good-movie complicated enjoyable
A truly good movie is enjoyable too. There’s nothing complicated about it. Akira Kurosawa
good looking
We want them all to go on, and realistically they all have a shot. They all want to be state-placers and they're all looking to be pretty tough. I just want them all to have a good time.
hook cry throat
...her cry is a hook and it catches me in the throat. Catherynne M. Valente
hook people sandy save stood
The people who stood out in the Sandy Hook incident, the heroes, were the normal, ordinary people who went to save those children. Marcia Gay Harden
hook humans performances
If I am ever put to death on the hook, expect a very human performance. Kurt Vonnegut
hooked
Hooked on Phonics worked for me Brian Regan
hooked music saw
I was 17, still in school, and my manager saw me in school, and then we hooked up, and after that, I went straight into making music.
hooked trying
We have his PlayStation hooked up. We are trying to keep him as comfortable as possible.
hooked people rescued
We hooked up with the military. They're the only people that know what they're doing. We rescued about 25 people that day. Steve Miller
hooked machine transplant
She was hooked up to an ECMO (extracorporeal membrane oxygenation) machine to keep her alive, and so they said that transplant was the only option.
hooked love
I love to win, honestly... If you love to win, you should say it. And honestly, I'm hooked on it. Ashley Wagner
machines noise laundry
I won't put in a load of laundry, because the machine is too loud and would drown out other, more significant noises - namely, the shuffling footsteps of the living dead. David Sedaris
machines body female
The female body is a chthonian machine, indifferent to the spirit who inhabits it. Camille Paglia
machines found persons
I've found it's better to talk to the machine and hang up if I get the person. Cathy Guisewite
machines atm cash
Folks can't carry around money in their pocket. They've got to go to an ATM machine, and they've got to pay a few dollars to get their own dollars out of the machine. Who ever thought you'd pay cash to get cash? That's where we've gotten to. Bill Janklow
machines artificial-intelligence artificial
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the science of how to get machines to do the things they do in the movies.
machines way instinct
Machines have altered our way of life, but not our instincts. Consequently, there is maladjustment. Bertrand Russell
machine work
We want our buildings to work like a machine that will create a pleasurable environment. Helmut Jahn
machines surprise programming
Machines take me by surprise with great frequency. Alan Turing
machinery numbers orders
Machinery orders are important and the better-than-expected numbers will be yen-supportive.
marvelous music operas
We used to listen to all the marvelous operas on records. Music was a very important part of our lives. Charlotte Rae
marvelous means work
With small means the Lord accomplishes His marvelous work. Gordon B. Hinckley
marvelous
The play is a marvelous form, but it demands less than a novel. Howard Fast
marvelous york
'EIla Enchanted' began in a marvelous writing course at New York City's The New School. Gail Carson Levine
marvelous
We had some marvelous outtakes, but the producer had destroyed them all. Alan Young
marvelous playing run time
I thought it was monumentally well run and I had a marvelous time playing it. Joan Baez
marvelous occupation
That was a marvelous occupation and very successful,
marvelous people together
This is a marvelous way to put people together on the Web.
marvelous test top
A marvelous test match, right at the top end of international competition, I would have thought. O. Henry