“We are hardly ever grateful for a fine clock or watch when it goes right, and we pay attention to it only when it falters, for then we are caught by surprise. It ought to be the other way about.” WayPayAttentionWatchesFineOughtGratitudeGratefulSurpriseCaughtPay AttentionClock Author:Lord Chesterfield
“Mr. Cukor is a hard task-master, a fine director and he took me over the coals giving me the roughest time I have ever had. And I am eternally grateful.” GivingHardMastersFineDirectorsTasksGratefulCoal Author:Joan Crawford
“One thing I've experienced and I feel really grateful for now that I'm on my way out is that I felt that the justices gave that back to me. I really did. You know, of course, you can have some sharp exchanges. That's the nature of the thing, and that's fine. But really in the main I felt like the tone from them was, "Yeah. We may not agree with you, but we're going to have a discussion about this." And it did.” KnowsWayFeelsMayCoursesFeltJusticeOne ThingFineAgreeYeahGratefulMy WayDiscussionToneDid You Know Author:Donald Verrilli Jr.
“Jack Benny, Fred Allen. Their jokes were wonderful. It takes skill to be funny. The timing of Jack Benny was so fine. It is a form of genius for which we should be grateful.” ShouldFormWonderfulFineGeniusSkillsJokesGratefulTimingBe Grateful Author:Kurt Vonnegut
“Uniqueness is wasted on youth. Like fine wine or a solid flossing habit, you'll be grateful for it when you're older.” YouthFineHabitGratefulWineUniquenessBe GratefulFine WineLike Fine WineFlossing Book:I Was Told There'd Be Cake Source: I Was Told There'd Be Cake
“Every day after lunch when I was writing my first book, I'd nibble a square of fine chocolate and meditate on all that had gone into its creation: the sun and rain that spilled on the cocoa plant, the soil that nourished it, the hands that picked the beans, and so on. My taste of chocolate became a lesson on the interconnectedness of things, and the infinite blessings for which I am grateful.” WritingFirstsBookHandsSunGoneCreationFineLessonsTasteBlessingRainInfiniteGratefulPlantSoilChocolateLunchSquaresBeansInterconnectednessI Am GratefulCocoaSun And Rain Author:Laura Hillenbrand
“How infinitely happier and more grateful is the whole personality or spirit when it finds something nourishing in art or writing or thinking, than the mere mind or intellect is: the kinship you celebrate in these personalities is your own dismembered Orpheus stumbling across another fine organ to rejoin to itself. I put it this way: aristic psyche loves itself enough to chasten itself, to put itself through boot camp for the sake of being competent for life, alive to life.” ThinkingWayLifeWritingMindArtEnoughWholeSpiritAliveFinePersonalityGratefulMereSakeIntellectCelebrateCampsBootsOrgansCompetentStumblingKinshipOrpheusBoot Camp Author:Kenny Smith
“I played ball for the Senators, Rangers, Indians, and Yankees in the ’70′s and ’80′s. Marvin Miller was a hero in our household during that time. The players today may not even know who he is but they have much to be grateful for to this fine man. It took me ten years to make what many players make in a couple days now. He will definitely have my vote and my wife’s as well.” KnowsMenYearsWellsMayTodayWifePlayerFineCoupleHeroTenVoteBallsGratefulMy WifeHouseholdBe GratefulSenatorsYankeesRangersMarvin Author:Toby Harrah