Crosby's fans talk about how "relaxed" he was, how "natural," how "casual and easygoing." By the time Presley began causing sensat...ions, the entire country had become relaxed, casual and easygoing, and its younger people seemed to be tired of it, for Elvis's act was anything but soothing and scarcely what a parent of that placid age would have called "natural" for a young man. Elvis was unseemly, loud, gaudy, sexual--that gyrating pelvis!--in short, disturbing. He not only disturbed parents who thought music was a soothing by Crosby, but also reminded their young that they were full of the turmoil of youth and an appetite for excitement. At a time when the country had a population coming of age with no memory of troubled times, Presley spoke to a yearning for disturbance.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Birds which are the same color as the foliage in which they nest are less likely to be disturbed by other birds who want to drop i...n and chat, and therefore last longer.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
We have two kinds of "conference." One is that to which the office boy refers when he tells the applicant for a job that Mr. Blevi...tch is "in conference." This means that Mr. Blevitch is in good health and reading the paper, but otherwise unoccupied. The other type of "conference" is bona fide in so far as it implies that three or four men are talking together in one room, and don't want to be disturbed.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
If we view our children as stupid, naughty, disturbed, or guilty of their misdeeds, they will learn to behold themselves as foolis...h, faulty, or shameful specimens of humanity. They will regard us as judges from whom they wish to hide, and they will interpret everything we say as further proof of their unworthiness. If we view them as innocent, or at least merely ignorant, they will gain understanding from their experiences, and they will continue to regard us as wise partners.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
That doctrine [of peace at any price] has done more mischief than any I can well recall that have been afloat in this country. It ...has occasioned more wars than any of the most ruthless conquerors. It has disturbed and nearly destroyed that political equilibrium so necessary to the liberties and the welfare of the world.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
"That corpse you planted last year in your garden, "Has it begun to sprout? Will it bloom this year?... "Or has the sudden frost disturbed its bed? "O keep the Dog far hence, that's friend to men, "Or with his nails he'll dig it up again!LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
We live by our imaginations, by our admirations, by our sentiments. The child walks amid heaps of illusions, which he does not lik...e to have disturbed. The boy, how sweet to him his fancy! how dear the story of barons and battles! What a hero he is, whilst he feeds on his heroes! What a debt is his to imaginative books!LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Again the guns disturbed the hour, Roaring their readiness to avenge,... As far inland a Stourton Tower, And Camelot, and starlit Stonehenge.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »