English En
  • Deutsche De
  • English En
  • Français Fr
  • Русский Ru

We use cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic. We also share information about your use of our site with our marketing and analytics partners who may combine it with other information you've provided to them or which they've separately collected from you. You also may to see our Privacy Policy. By clicking the OK button below, you accept our cookies.

Authors:

Frances O'Grady Quotes

I cherish the creation of public space and services, especially health, housing and the comprehensive education system which dared to give so many of us ideas 'above our station.'

Frances O'Grady

About author

Related Authors

Topics

Quotes currently Trending

From the time I began to read, as a child, I loved to feel their heft in my hand and the warm spot caused by their intimate weight in my lap; I loved the crisp whisper of a page turning, the musky odor of old paper and the sharp inky whiff of new pages. Leather bindings sent me into ecstasy. I even loved to gaze at a closed book and daydream about the possibilities inside. Rita Dove
I'm someone, the same as my girlfriends, when they say what do you think about this, I don't always say they look fabulous. I say what I think. Heidi Klum
I thought it was going to take a lot more countdowns on the pad. We actually did scrub once, but I figured we'd scrub several times since it's a pretty complicated vehicle. Robert Crippen
I still think too much about the mothers And ask what is man born of woman. He curls himself up and protects his head While he is kicked by heavy boots; on fire and running, He burns with bright flame; a bulldozer sweeps him into a clay pit. Her child. Embracing a teddy bear. Conceived in ecstasy. Czeslaw Milosz
If we knew exactly what animal life was like before the fall into sin and knew what nature was like before the law of entropy invaded it, we would already be living in heaven. Walter Lang
John Hall quote: "Most people see through these issues but the corporate media..."
Most people see through these issues but the corporate media doesn't reflect these sentiments. John Hall
CAIR officials or former officials have been arrested on charges related to terrorism yet all it offers is silence and stonewalling in discussing what are its real motives. Paul Weyrich
Dick Francis quote: "The dignity of man was everywhere tissue-paper thin."
The dignity of man was everywhere tissue-paper thin. Dick Francis
Illegal immigration is a genuinely national issue, and resolving it requires a national commitment not just on health care but also border control, law enforcement and other resources. Jon Kyl
Thornton Wilder quote: "Love is its own eternity."
Love is its own eternity. Thornton Wilder
However, many skilled medical volunteers are turned away because community health centers cannot afford to cover their additional medical liability insurance. Tim Murphy
Miss Howard: Like a good detective story myself. Lots of nonsense written, though. Criminal discovered in last Chapter. Everyone dumbfounded. Real crime - you'd know at once. Agatha Christie
When we talk about the minimum wage, we have to ask ourselves what it is that we owe both our workers and employers. I think clearly we owe them fairness. Dalton McGuinty
Raymond Chandler quote: "She poured us some more Scotch. It didn't seem to affect her..."
She poured us some more Scotch. It didn't seem to affect her any more than water affects Boulder Dam. Raymond Chandler
The photograph is in my hand. It is the photograph of a man and a woman. They are at an amusement park, in 1959. [...] I'm tired of looking at the photograph now. I open my fingers. It falls to the sand at my feet. I am going to look at the stars. They are so far away, and their light takes so long to reach us... All we ever see of stars are their old photographs. [...] It's October, 1985. I'm basking in the two-million-year-old light of Andromeda. I can see the supernova that Ernst Hartwig... Alan Moore