Anne Ellis famous quotes

I, who fall short in managing my own affairs, can see just how it would profit my neighbor if I managed his.
-- Anne Ellis

#Fall #Affair #Neighbor

... I feel far more hunger pangs when I am denied mental nourishment than I do at the loss of meals.
-- Anne Ellis

#Loss #Meals #Hunger

... I saw a small boy who belongs to one of those large families who only practice at birth control.
-- Anne Ellis

#Boys #Practice #Birth Control

Verily, affluence brings anxiety!
-- Anne Ellis

#Anxiety #Affluence #Wealth

I will use a form of punctuation of my own, which will be something like this - when one is beginning he takes a long breath, for this use a capital. When he stops for breath, a comma, and when it is all gone, a period. Don't know the use of a semi-colon, but expect it is when one thinks he is out of breath and isn't.
-- Anne Ellis

#Thinking #Long #Gone

Many people believe in turning the other cheek, especially when it is your cheek.
-- Anne Ellis

#Forgiveness #Believe #People

I sewed good wishes and thoughts into my garments, especially so if they were wedding or graduation dresses.
-- Anne Ellis

#Wish #Dresses #Garments

I find when death comes, it is usually a woman that is called for.
-- Anne Ellis

To cook, and to do it well, every talent must be used; the strength of a prize-fighter, the imagination of a poet, the brain of an empire builder, the patience of Job, the eye and the touch of an artist, and, to turn your mistakes into edible assets, the cleverness of a politician.
-- Anne Ellis

#Jobs #Mistake #Eye

Give me a well-cooked, well-served meal, a bouquet, and a sunset, and I can do more for a man's soul than all the cant ever preached. I can even do it without a sunset!
-- Anne Ellis

#Sunset #Men #Giving

I've never known a man to be beaten fairly, nor one to be elected, unfairly.
-- Anne Ellis

#Men