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Phyllis McGinley Quotes


An American writer of children's books and poet about the positive aspects of suburban life.
Phyllis McGinley (March 21, 1905 - February 22, 1978) was an American writer of children's books and poet about the positive aspects of suburban life.

Here are some famous quotes by Phyllis McGinley.

Compromise if not the spice of life is its solidity.

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Not reading poetry amounts to a national pastime here.

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This is the gist of what I know: Give advice and buy a foe.

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Nothing fails like success; nothing is so defeated as yesterday's triumphant cause.

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Of one thing I am certain the body is not the measure of healing peace is the measure.

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It's this no-nonsense side of women that is pleasant to deal with. They are the real sportsmen.

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Children are forced to live very rapidly in order to live at all. They are given only a few years in which to learn hundreds of thousands of things about life and the planet and themselves.

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The wonderful thing about saints is that they were human. They lost their tempers got hungry scolded God were egotistical or impatient in their turns made mistakes and regretted them. Still they went on doggedly blundering toward heaven.

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For the wonderful thing about saints is that they were human. They lost their tempers got angry scolded God were egotistical or testy or impatient in their turns made mistakes and regretted them. Still they went on doggedly blundering toward heaven.

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To be a housewife is ... a difficult a wrenching sometimes ungrateful job if it's looked on as only a job. Regarded as a profession it is the noblest as it is the most ancient of the catalogue. Let none persuade us differently or the world will be lost indeed.