You have to make more noise than anybody else, you have to make yourself more obtrusive than anybody else, you have to fill all th...e papers more than anybody else, in fact you have to be there all the time and see that they do not snow you under, if you are really going to get your reform realized.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
When I think of my own native land, In a moment I seem to be there;... But alas! recollection at hand Soon hurries me back to despair.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 »
If this bureau had a prayer for use around horse parks, it would go something like this: Lead us not among bleeding-hearts to whom... horses are cute or sweet or adorable, and deliver us from horse-lovers. Amen.... With that established, let's talk about the death of Seabiscuit the other night. It isn't mawkish to say, there was a racehorse, a horse that gave race fans as much pleasure as any that ever lived and one that will be remembered as long and as warmly.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Nobody knows what the cause is, Though some pretend they do;... It's like some hidden assassin Waiting to strike at you. Childless women get it, And men when they retire; It's as if there had to be some outlet For their foiled creative fire.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
"If you wish to be perfect, go, sell your possessions, and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; then ...come, follow me." When the young man heard this word, he went away grieving, for he had many possessions.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The sun was shining on the sea, Shining with all his might:... He did his very best to make The billows smooth and bright-- And this was odd, because it was The middle of the night. The moon was shining sulkily, Because she thought the sun Had got no business to be there After the day was done-- "It's very rude of him," she said, "To come and spoil the fun!"LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
There are three times in a man's life when he has the right to yell at the moon--when he marries; when his children come; and when... he finishes a job he had to be crazy to start.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Italy is such a delightful place to live in if you happen to be a man. There one may enjoy that exquisite luxury of Socialism--tha...t true Socialism which is based not on equality of income or character, but on the equality of manners. In the democracy of the caffè or the street the great question of our life has been solved, and the brotherhood of man is a reality. But it is accomplished at the expense of the sisterhood of women.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Calm fell. From Heaven distilled a clemency; There was peace on earth, and silence in the sky;... Some could, some could not, shake off misery: The Sinister Spirit sneered: 'It had to be!' And again the Spirit of Pity whispered, 'Why?'LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »