Mary Ann Bickerdyke Quotes & Sayings

Eating, sleeping, cleaning - the years no longer rise up toward heaven, they lie spread out ahead, gray and identical. The battle against dust and dirt is never won. Washing, ironing, sweeping, ferreting out rolls of lint from under wardrobes - all this halting of decay is also the denial of life; for time simultaneously creates and destroys, and only its negative aspect concerns the housekeeper. — Simone De Beauvoir

When the lives of the unborn are snuffed out, they often feel pain, pain that is long and agonizing. — Ronald Reagan

To become proficient in any field you must practise. There is simply no achievement without practice and the more practice, provided it is done intelligently, the greater will the proficiency be and the sooner will it be attained. — Emmet Fox

The United States, which would live on Christian principles with all of the peoples of the world, cannot omit a fair deal for its own Indian citizens. — Harry S. Truman

Neutral experiences are easily forgotten. — Deborah Sandella

Close your eyes, real tight, and then count to three hundred. That's all you have to do. You just count to three hundred, and when you open your eyes, five minutes will have passed. And even if it hurts or things are shitty or you don't know what to do, you just made it through five whole minutes. And when it feels like you can't go on, you just close your eyes and do it again. That's all you need. Just five minutes at a time. — Emma Mills

I remember very little about writing the first series of 'Hitchhiker's.' It's almost as if someone else wrote it. — Douglas Adams