Phyllis McGinley was a famous Author from USA, who lived between March 21, 1905 and 1978. He/she became 119 years old.
Zodiac:
He/she is born under the zodiac aries, who is known for Active, Demanding, Determined, Effective, Ambitious.
Our collection contains 15 quotes who is written / told by Phyllis, under the main topic Peace.
15 Famous quotes by Phyllis McGinley
"Seventy is wormwood, Seventy is gall But its better to be seventy, Than not alive at all"
"A hobby a day keeps the doldrums away"
"Those wearing tolerance for a label call other views intolerable"
"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"
"Of one thing I am certain, the body is not the measure of healing, peace is the measure"
"Please to put a nickel, please to put a dime. How petitions trickle in at Christmas time!"
"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"
"Praise is warming and desirable. But it is an earned thing. It has to be deserved, like a hug from a child"
"Nothing fails like success; nothing is so defeated as yesterday's triumphant Cause"
"In Australia, not reading poetry is the national pastime"
"Gossip isn't scandal and it's not merely malicious. It's chatter about the human race by lovers of the same"
"Getting along with men isn't what's truly important. The vital knowledge is how to get along with a man, one man"
"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"
"Marriage was all a woman's idea and for man's acceptance of the pretty yoke, it becomes us to be grateful"
"Words can sting like anything, but silence breaks the heart"
