"Maternity is on the face of it an unsociable experience. The selfishness that a woman has learned to stifle or to dissemble where she alone is concerned, blooms freely and unashamed on behalf of her offspring."

-- Emily James Smith Putnam

#Mother Quotes #Selfishness Quotes #Faces Quotes

“Unlike scientism, science in the true sense of the word is open to unbiased investigation of any existing phenomena.”
“One day you'll have a quiet heart.”
“O, with what freshness, what solemnity and beauty, is each new day born; as if to say to insensate man, "Behold! thou hast one more chance! Strive for immortal glory!”
“Often an idea has impact far larger than the person who originated it.”
“This day last year Livingstone died-a Scotsman and a Christian, loving God and his neighbour in the heart of Africa. Go thou and do likewise!”
“Miami is nothing like me, and thats why I need to be here - its the opposite. Im practical, where this place is moody, Im stolid in my interior, where this place has a certain flair, and Im materialistic in a sense that this place is fundamentally spiritual - theres a quicksilver quality about this place.”
“My ultimate goal is for that next generation coming up, who didn't see me play, go, 'Oh, he used to play football?'”
“The great man... walks across his century and leaves the marks of his feet all over it, ripping out the dates on his goloshes as he passes.”

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