“Watching a baby being born is a little like watching a wet St. Bernard coming in through the cat door.” ChildrenLittlesKidsFunnyBornDoorsDogBabyCatWetBabies Being Born Author:Jeff Foxworthy
“The demand for certainty is one which is natural to man, but is nevertheless an intellectual vice. If you take your children for a picnic on a doubtful day, they will demand a dogmatic answer as to whether it will be fine or wet, and be disappointed in you when you cannot be sure.” IfsMenChildrenScienceNatureNaturalAnswersFineDemandIntellectualOur ChildrenVicesCertaintyYour ChildrenDisappointedWetNeverthelessDoubtfulDogmaticPicnicsDisappointed In You Book:Last Philosophical Testament: 1943-68 Source: Last Philosophical Testament: 1943-68
“Roads are wet where'er one wendeth, And with rain the thistle bendeth, And the brook cries like a child! Not a rainbow shines to cheer us; Ah! the sun comes never near us, And the heavens look dark and wile.” LooksChildrenHeavenDarkSunCryRainShiningCheerWetRainbowBrooksThistles Author:Mary Howitt
“On the Avenue in front of the White House were several hundred colored people, mostly women and children, weeping and wailing their loss. This crowd did not diminish through the whole of that cold, wet day; they seemed not to know what was to by their fate since their great benefactor was dead, and though strong and brave men wept when I met them, the hopeless grief of those poor colored people affected me more than almost anything else.” PeopleKnowsMenChildrenWarWholeHouseStrongLossWhitePoorGriefFateFrontsColdMetsHundredBraveCrowdsCivil WarHopelessAffectedWhite HouseWetDiminishWeepingAvenuesBrave ManBenefactorsWailing Author:Gideon Welles