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Phyllis McGinley quotes

American Author March 21, 1905 – January 1, 1978

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Phyllis McGinley quote: "Compromise, if not the spice of life, is its solidity. It is..."
Compromise, if not the spice of life, is its solidity. It is what makes nations great and marriages happy Phyllis McGinley
A mother's hardest to forgive. Life is the fruit she longs to hand you. Ripe on a plate. And while you live, Relentlessly she understands you. Phyllis McGinley
Sisters are always drying their hair. Locked into rooms, alone, they pose at the mirror, shoulders bare, trying this way and that their hair, or fly importunate down the stair to answer the telephone. Phyllis McGinley
God know that a mother need fortitude and courage and tolerance and flexibility and patience and firmness and nearly every other brave aspect of the human soul. Phyllis McGinley
Phyllis McGinley quote: "Nothing fails like success; nothing is so defeated as..."
Nothing fails like success; nothing is so defeated as yesterday's triumphant Cause. Phyllis McGinley
Phyllis McGinley quote: "Please to put a nickel, please to put a dime. How petitions..."
Please to put a nickel, please to put a dime. How petitions trickle in at Christmas time! Phyllis McGinley
Ah, snug lie those that slumber beneath conviction's roof. Their floors are sturdy lumber, their windows weatherproof. But I sleep cold forever, and cold sleep all my kind, For I was born to shiver in the draft from an open mind. Born nakedly to shiver in the draft of an open mind. Phyllis McGinley
Phyllis McGinley quote: "Marriage was all a woman's idea and for man's acceptance of..."
Marriage was all a woman's idea and for man's acceptance of the pretty yoke, it becomes us to be grateful. Phyllis McGinley
Phyllis McGinley quote: "A bit of trash now and then is good for the severest reader...."
A bit of trash now and then is good for the severest reader. It provides the necessary roughage in the literary diet. Phyllis McGinley
Phyllis McGinley quote: "Words can sting like anything, but silence breaks the heart."
Words can sting like anything, but silence breaks the heart. Phyllis McGinley
A lady is smarter than a gentleman, maybe, she can sew a fine seam, she can have a baby, she can use her intuition instead of her brain, but she can't fold a paper in a crowded train. Phyllis McGinley
Phyllis McGinley quote: "Of one thing I am certain, the body is not the measure of..."
Of one thing I am certain, the body is not the measure of healing, peace is the measure. Phyllis McGinley
When blithe to argument I come, Though armed with facts, and merry, May Providence protect me from The fool as adversary, Whose mind to him a kingdom is Where reason lacks dominion, Who calls conviction prejudice And prejudice opinion. Phyllis McGinley
Phyllis McGinley quote: "In Australia, not reading poetry is the national pastime."
In Australia, not reading poetry is the national pastime. Phyllis McGinley
Sin has always been an ugly word, but it has been made so in a new sense over the last half-century. It has been made not only ugly but pass. People are no longer sinful, they are only immature or underprivileged or frightened or, more particularly, sick. Phyllis McGinley

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