"To the old saying that man built the house but woman made of it a 'home' might be added the modern supplement that woman accepted cooking as a chore but man has made of it a recreation."

-- Emily Post

#Home Quotes #Men Quotes #House Quotes

“Writing is, in the end, that oddest of anomalies: an intimate letter to a stranger.”
“You know, I'm not real tall. I'm 6'0, 6'Â½, but I think people think I'm shorter than I am because I'm not the most muscular cat in the world.”
“When I first starting making money, when I first made my first six-digits, I was - my big thing was I went to put super unleaded in my truck for the first time.”
“I cannot tell how much my heart suffered for my people while at Leavenworth.”
“I've reached the 50th year of my life, and now every question related with life also includes thinking about death. When I leave, I want to leave to my offspring a clear idea about identity.”
“The astronomer is, in some measure, independent of his fellow astronomer; he can wait in his observatory till the star he wishes to observe comes to his meridian; but the meteorologist has his observations bounded by a very limited horizon, and can do little without the aid of numerous observers furnishing him contemporaneous observations over a wide-extended area.”

Source : James Pollard Espy, Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson (1857). “Message from the President of the United States: Communicating, in Compliance with a Resolution of the Senate of July 24, 1854, the Fourth Meteorological Report of Prof. James P. Espy”, p.40
“He that shuts love out, in turn shall be Shut out from love, and on her threshold lie, Howling in outer darkness.”
“A good teacher feels his way, looking for response.”

Source : Paul Goodman (2011). “Growing Up Absurd: Problems of Youth in the Organized Society”, p.16, New York Review of Books

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