“One day, a daughter of Aristotle, Pythias by name, was asked what color pleased her most. She replied, "The color with which modesty suffuses the face of simple, inoffensive men.” MenFacesNamesSimpleColorOne DayDaughterModesty Author:Joseph Joubert
“Poetry, even when apparently most fantastic, is always a revolt against artifice, a revolt, in a sense, against actuality. It speaks of what seems fantastic and unreal to those who have lost the simple intuitions which are the test of reality; and, as it is often found at war with its age, so it makes no account of history, which is fabled by the daughters of memory.” WarRealitySeemsAgePoetryFoundLostSpeakMemoriesSimpleDaughterTestsAccountsIntuitionFantasticRevoltUnrealActualityArtifice Book:Delphi Complete Works of James Joyce (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Complete Works of James Joyce (Illustrated)
“One Dad I know uses what I call Post-It® Note therapy on his children. He leaves sticky Post-It Notes everywhere ...in their lunch box, inside their shoes, on top of their sandwich before he wraps it up. He once went into his daughter's room, looking for his hammer, and on the back of her bedroom door were every Post-It Note he'd ever given her - over 250 in all with simple messages like 'Great job'...'I love you'...or 'You're special to me.' Do you think that girl knew, without a doubt, that her Dad valued her and loved her?” ThinkingKnowsChildrenUseJobsGirlGivenSimpleRoomsDoubtDoorsSpecialLove YouDadMessagesDaughterNotesShoesBoxesPostsTherapyLunchBedroomHammersWrapsSandwichesGreat JobThat GirlStickySpecial To MePost It Notes Author:Jack Canfield
“As a wife, daughter, friend, and the founder and CEO of LearnVest, my schedule is anything but simple. But I learned early on how to meticulously manage my time.” SimpleWifeDaughterManageMy TimeFoundersSchedulesCeo Author:Alexa Von Tobel
“I've been blessed with two beautiful daughters. It is amazing how inadequate I can feel in being able to protect, teach, and take care of them. I'm not talking about a paranoid the-world-is-a-dangerous-place kind of way. I mean when they just give me a simple look or ask me something like "Where do stars comes from, Daddy?" I'm opened up in a way I had not thought possible.” WorldWayGivingFeelsLooksKindMeanI CanTwoCareAbleBeautifulAsksStarsSimpleTalkingTeachDangerousProtectDaughterGive MeBlessedTake CareAsk MeDaddyInadequateNot TalkingParanoidDangerous PlacesBeautiful Daughter Author:Patrick Fabian
“The universe is random. It's not inevitable. It's simple chaos. It's subatomic particles in endless, aimless collision. That's what science teaches us, but what is this saying? What is it telling us, when on the very night that this man's daughter dies, it's me who's having a drink with him? How can that be random?” MenNightDiesUniverseSimpleTeachDrinkDaughterChaosEndlessInevitableInsightfulParticlesCollisionSubatomic Particles Author:Walter White
“Over 13 percent of women in college have reported being a victim of stalking during the school year, and one out of every five college women has reported being sexually assaulted. It is simple to talk about statistics. It is more difficult to remember that each number is a victim and represents a daughter, a sister or a friend.” YearsSchoolRememberMotherDifficultSimpleNumbersFiveCollegePercentDaughterVictimStatisticsSexuallyStalkingSchool Years Author:Gwen Moore
“I wish I could just go tell all the young women I work with, all these fabulous women, 'Believe in yourself and negotiate for yourself. Own your own success.' I wish I could tell that to my daughter. But it's not that simple.” BelieveYoungMotherWishSimpleDaughterBelieve In YourselfMy DaughterYoung WomenFabulous Author:Sheryl Sandberg
“if you'd ever had a grown-up daughter you'd know that by comparison a bucking steer is easy to manage. And as to knowing what goes on inside her - well, it's much better to pretend you're the simple, innocent old fool she almost certainly takes you for.” IfsKnowsWellsMotherEasySimpleKnowingFoolGoes OnDaughterInnocentManageComparisonSteers Author:W. Somerset Maugham
“What did you expect? 'Welcome, sonny?' 'Make yourself at home?' 'Marry my daughter?' You've got to remember that these are just simple farmers. These are people of the land. The common clay of the new West. You know . . . morons.” PeopleKnowsHomeRememberSimpleCommonLandDirectorsDaughterWestProducersWelcomeMy DaughterFarmersExpectingClaySinger SongwritersMoronScreenwritersBlazingSaddles Author:Gene Wilder
“I said this to my daughter, if you don't practice the guitar, when you get older you wouldn't be able to play it. It's that simple. If you want to play the guitar, you put a half hour in everyday, but you have to do it.” IfsWantSaidPlayAbleFunHoursSimpleHalfPracticeDaughterGuitarEverydayMy DaughterHalf Hours Author:Woody Allen