“Did any great genius ever enter the world in the wake of commonplace pre-natal conditions? Was a maker of history ever born amidst the pleasant harmonies of a satisfied domesticity? Of a mother who was less than remarkable, although she may have escaped being great? Did a woman with no wildness in her blood ever inform a brain with electric fire? The students of history know that while many mothers of great men have been virtuous, none have been commonplace, and few have been happy.” KnowsMenWorldMayHas BeensMotherBornBrainFireBloodConditionsStudentsGeniusHarmonySatisfiedPleasantGreat MenRemarkableMakersVirtuousElectricCommonplaceWildnessDomesticityNatal Author:Gertrude Atherton
“New York has always prided itself on its bad manners. That is the real source of our strength.” RealNew YorkSourceMannersBad Manners Author:Gertrude Atherton
“power, after it has ceased from troubling, is the dominant passion in human nature.” HumansPassionPowerHuman NatureDominant Author:Gertrude Atherton
“There is a strong conservative instinct in the average man or woman, born of the hereditary fear of life, that prompts them to cling to old standards, or, if too intelligent to look inhospitably upon progress, to move very slowly. Both types are the brakes and wheelhorses necessary to a stable civilization, but history, even current history in the newspapers, would be dull reading if there were no adventurous spirits willing to do battle for new ideas.” IfsMenLooksIdeasWould BeMovingSpiritReadingStrongBornProgressWillingTypeCivilizationBattleStandardsIntelligentInstinctAverageConservativeCurrentsNewspapersResistanceDullStableNew IdeasStatus QuoAdventurousPromptsAverage ManBrakeHereditaryFears Of LifeAdventurous Spirit Author:Gertrude Atherton
“Yankees don't understand that the Southern way of talking is a language of nuance. What we can do in the South is we can take a word and change it just a little bit and make it mean something altogether different.” WayMeanLittlesDifferentLanguageBitsCan DoTalkingLittle BitSouthSouthernYankeesNuanceWay Of Talking Author:Lewis Grizzard
“Has it ever occurred to you, that the rich are at the mercy of the poor, not the poor at that of the rich? Who permits us to be rich if not the poor?” IfsPoorRichMercyPermitRich And Poor Author:Gertrude Atherton
“The final result of too much routine is death in life.” ResultsToo MuchFinalsRoutine Author:Gertrude Atherton
“The human mind has an infinite capacity for self-deception.” MindHumansSelfCapacityInfiniteDeceptionHuman MindSelf Deception Author:Gertrude Atherton