To be sure, changes in American family structure have been fairly continuous since the first European settlements, but today these... changes seem to be occurring so rapidly that the shift is no longer a simple extension of long-term trends. We have passed a genuine watershed: this is the first time in our history that the typical school-age child has a mother who works outside the home.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
I have no scheme about it,--no designs on men at all; and, if I had, my mode would be to tempt them with the fruit, and not with t...he manure. To what end do I lead a simple life at all, pray? That I may teach others to simplify their lives?--and so all our lives be simplified merely, like an algebraic formula? Or not, rather, that I may make use of the ground I have cleared, to live more worthily and profitably?LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
'Tis the gift to be simple 'tis the gift to be free 'Tis the gift to come down where you ought to be... And when we find ourselves in the place just right 'Twill be in the valley of love and delight.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
There are two things which cannot be attacked in front: ignorance and narrow-mindedness. They can only be shaken by the simple dev...elopment of the contrary qualities. They will not bear discussion.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
I have often thought that if photography were difficult in the true sense of the term--meaning that the creation of a simple photo...graph would entail as much time and effort as the production of a good watercolor or etching--there would be a vast improvement in total output. The sheer ease with which we can produce a superficial image often leads to creative disaster.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
My criticisms are always simple; they are limited to one word:MOmit! Every syllable that can be struck out is pure profit, and eve...ry page that can be economised is a five-per-cent dividend. Nature rebels against this rule; the flesh is weak, and shrinks from the scissors; I groan in retrospect over the weak words and useless pages I have written; but the law is sound, and every book written without a superfluous page or word is a masterpiece. All the same, no one cares to apply so stern a law to another person. One has right to be severe only with oneself.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »