“her age was that indeterminate mixture of everlasting youth and anticipated wisdom which is the glory and the curse of genius.” AgeYouthGeniusGloryCurseEverlastingMixtures Book:the conqueror Source: the conqueror
“genius must ever be imperfect. Life is not long enough nor slow enough for both brain and character to grow side by side to superhuman proportions.” LongEnoughCharacterLife IsGrowsSidesBrainGeniusProportionImperfectSuperhumanPerfect Life Book:the conqueror Source: the conqueror
“You call to a dog and a dog will break its neck to get to you. Dogs just want to please. Call to a cat and its attitude is, 'What's in it for me?'” WantFunnyAttitudeBreakDogPleaseCatNecksGreat DogGreat Pet Author:Lewis Grizzard
“the curse of human nature is imagination. When a long anticipated moment comes, we always find it pitched a note too low, for the wings of imagination are crushed into its withering sides under the crowding hordes of petty realities.” HumansLongMomentsRealitySidesImaginationHuman NatureLowsWingsNotesCursePettyCrushedHordeWithering Author:Gertrude Atherton
“Our impulses are our birthright. To alter personality would be unjust, almost criminal, for the impulses that make a fool or worse of us in certain circumstances may be necessary for our happiness.” MayWould BeCertainFoolPersonalityCircumstancesCriminalsImpulseUnjustBirthright Author:Gertrude Atherton
“there is only one thing we do know and that is that we do not know anything.” KnowsKnowledgeOne Thing Author:Gertrude Atherton
“The minority of one generation is usually the majority of the next.” NextGenerationsMajorityMinorities Author:Gertrude Atherton
“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