“To look at and properly appreciate the British Museum is the work of a lifetime.” Quote by M. E. W. Sherwood
“Rome, like Washington, is small enough, quiet enough, for strong personal intimacies; Rome, like Washington, has its democratic court and its entourage of diplomatic circle; Rome, like Washington, gives you plenty of time and plenty of sunlight. In New York we have annihilated both.” GivingEnoughStrongNew YorkQuietCourtDemocraticCirclesPlentyIntimacyRomeSunlightDiplomaticStrong PersonEntourage Author:M. E. W. Sherwood
“The young women, what can they not learn, what can they not achieve, with Columbia University annex thrown open to them? In this great outlook for women's broader intellectual development I see the great sunburst of the future.” YoungAchieveDevelopmentFutureIntellectualUniversityThrownYoung WomenOutlookAcademiaColumbiaIntellectual DevelopmentColumbia University Author:M. E. W. Sherwood
“The American is said to become full-flavored, and in time a most all-round man, through the polish which Europe can impart.” MenSaidEuropeRoundsPolishImpartCultivationSophistication Author:M. E. W. Sherwood
“I should say tact was worth much more than wealth as a road to leadership.... I mean that subtle apprehension which teaches a person how to do and say the right thing at the right time. It coexists with very ordinary qualities, and yet many great geniuses are without it. Of all human qualities I consider it the most convenient--not always the highest; yet I would rather have it than many more shining qualities.” ShouldHumansMeanPersonsLeadershipWealthQualityTeachGeniusHighestOrdinaryShiningRight ThingSubtleRight TimeConvenientApprehensionCoexistTactHuman Qualities Author:M. E. W. Sherwood
“In the early forties and fifties almost everybody "had about enough to live on," and young ladies dressed well on a hundred dollars a year. The daughters of the richest man in Boston were dressed with scrupulous plainness, and the wife and mother owned one brocade, which did service for several years. Display was considered vulgar. Now, alas! only Queen Victoria dares to go shabby.” MenYearsWellsEnoughYoungMotherWealthWifeFashionDaughterHundredDollarsDareQueensFortyDisplayVulgarAlasBostonVictoriaYoung LadiesShabbyWives And MothersPlainness Author:M. E. W. Sherwood
“The House of Lords, architecturally, is a magnificent room, and the dignity, quiet, and repose of the scene made me unwillingly acknowledge that the Senate of the United States might possibly improve its manners. Perhaps in our desire for simplicity, absence of title, or badge of office we may have thrown over too much.” MayMadeStatesGovernmentMightDesireHouseUnitedRoomsLordUnited StatesToo MuchSceneQuietOfficeDignitySimplicityArchitectureAbsenceMannersTitlesAcknowledgeThrownSenateMagnificentReposeBadgesHouse Of Lords Author:M. E. W. Sherwood
“... anything so delightful as Washington I have never seen elsewhere. There were a mingled simplicity and grandeur, a mingled state and quiet intimacy, a brilliancy of conversation--the proud prominence of intellect over material prosperity which does not exist in any other city of the Union.” DoeStatesCitiesMaterialsProudQuietConversationUnionsSimplicityProsperityIntellectIntimacyElsewhereDelightfulGrandeurProminence Author:M. E. W. Sherwood
“Washington society has always demanded less and given more than any society in this country--demanded less of applause, deference,etiquette, and has accepted as current coin quick wit, appreciative tact, and a talent for talking.” CountryGivenTalkingTalentCurrentsAcceptedWitCoinsEtiquetteApplauseAppreciativeTactDeferenceQuick Wit Author:M. E. W. Sherwood
“If there is anything so romantic as that castle-palace-fortress of Monaco I have not seen it. If there is anything more deliciousthan the lovely terraces and villas of Monte Carlo I do not wish to see them. There is nothing beyond the semi-tropical vegetation, the projecting promontories into the Mediterranean, the all-embracing sweep of the ocean, the olive groves, and the enchanting climate! One gets tired of the word beautiful.” IfsBeautifulWishOceanTiredClimateLovelyCastlesPalacesOlivesFortressesTropicalGroveEnchantingVegetationTerraceVillaMonacoMonte Carlo Author:M. E. W. Sherwood
“It almost alarms me how free I feel on the ice. I don't think about the hospital or the groceries or the kids--I'm just in touch with myself. It's exciting when your whole body is moving in synchronous motion.” ThinkingFeelsWholeBodyKidsMovingFreedomExcitingIceHospitalsAlarmsGroceriesMoving InIce Skating Author:Tenley Albright