Society is like a large piece of frozen water; and skating well is the great art of social life.
LETITIA ELIZABETH LANDON Ah tell me not that memory sheds gladness over the past; what is recalled by faded flowers save that...
LETITIA ELIZABETH LANDON The apple blossoms' shower of pearl, Though blent with rosier hue, As beautiful as woman's blu...
LETITIA ELIZABETH LANDON I think hearts are very much like glasses. If they do not break with the first ring, they usually la...
LETITIA ELIZABETH LANDON A brier rose whose buds yield fragrant harvest for the honey bee.
LETITIA ELIZABETH LANDON How disappointment tracks the steps of hope.
LETITIA ELIZABETH LANDON An apt quotation is like a lamp which flings its light over the whole sentence.
LETITIA ELIZABETH LANDON No thoroughly occupied man was ever yet very miserable.
LETITIA ELIZABETH LANDON Ah, tell me not that memory sheds gladness o'er the past, what is recalled by faded flowers, sav...
LETITIA ELIZABETH LANDON Whatever people in general do not understand, they are always prepared to dislike; the incomprehensi...
LETITIA ELIZABETH LANDON An apt quotation is like a lamp which flings its light over the whole sentence.
LETITIA LANDON How disappointment tracks the steps of hope.
LETITIA LANDON Ah tell me not that memory / Sheds gladness o'er the past; / What is recalled by faded flowers / Sav...
LETITIA LANDON Few, save the poor, feel for the poor
LETITIA LANDON We might have been, these are but common words, and yet they make the sum of life's bewailing
LETITIA LANDON No thoroughly occupied man was ever yet very miserable.
LETITIA LANDON As beautiful as woman's blush, - / As evanescent too.
LETITIA LANDON Delicious tears! The heart's own dew.
LETITIA LANDON Society is like a large piece of frozen water; and skating well is the great art o social life.
LETITIA LANDON Enthusiasm is the divine particle in our composition: with it we are great, generous, and true; with...
LETITIA LANDON A brier rose whose buds yield fragrant harvest for the honey bee.
LETITIA LANDON How disappointment tracks the steps of hope
LETITIA LANDON I'm a businesswoman, and Ms. is an appropriate form of address.
LETITIA BALDRIGE If the flu situation in your town is serious, cancel a large long-awaited party you had scheduled, b...
LETITIA BALDRIGE At tea time, all the noise, greed and aggressiveness of the '80s can be drowned out. For 45 minu...
LETITIA BALDRIGE I don't care what your politics are, I would wager that if you asked any American woman which ad...
LETITIA BALDRIGE What the bride should do is call guests who have young children and say: 'I'd love to have t...
LETITIA BALDRIGE Good manners are cost effective. They not only increase the quality of life in the workplace, they c...
LETITIA BALDRIGE Tea time is a chance to slow down, pull back and appreciate our surroundings.
LETITIA BALDRIGE For every step forward in electronic communications, we've taken two steps back in humanity. Peo...
LETITIA BALDRIGE I'm for anything that teaches consideration and kindness. If one can teach one's son to danc...
LETITIA BALDRIGE The best thing we can do to save the planet is set a good example for our kids at home.
LETITIA BALDRIGE You'd be surprised how much easier it is to conduct business over tea than over lunch or dinner ...
LETITIA BALDRIGE When in doubt, look at what everyone else is doing.
LETITIA BALDRIGE You don't want to work so hard that you can't enjoy your guests.
LETITIA BALDRIGE If you're making a social call, don't call past 8 P.M. The evening is a time when people nee...
LETITIA BALDRIGE We are not passing values on to our children. We are not sitting down at the dinner table talking ab...
LETITIA BALDRIGE Go to any bookstore, and you'll see thousands of books on etiquette, which suggests there's ...
LETITIA BALDRIGE Writers on etiquette receive a continuous flow of questions on subjects such as 'When is it too ...
LETITIA BALDRIGE Manners make the world work. They're not only based on kindness but also efficiency. When people...
LETITIA BALDRIGE Politeness decrees that you must listen to be kind; intelligence decrees that you must listen to lea...
LETITIA BALDRIGE A bride is a bride the first time around. The white dress and the white veil are symbolic. So many p...
LETITIA BALDRIGE Chivalry isn't dead. It's just no longer gender-based.
LETITIA BALDRIGE We ought to be vigilantes for kindness and consideration.
LETITIA BALDRIGE A real thank you does not come by e-mail. They come in the mail in an envelope. And what comes out o...
LETITIA BALDRIGE If you really screw up, send roses.
LETITIA BALDRIGE I've had three broken legs and two knee replacements. But I'm very good at apres golf.
LETITIA BALDRIGE For every rude executive who makes it to the top, there are nine successful executives with good man...
LETITIA BALDRIGE Manners are nothing more than thinking about somebody else.
LETITIA BALDRIGE If you are someone's guest on a corporate jet, the most important thing to remember is not just ...
LETITIA BALDRIGE Going to a party uninvited always has been a negative action. It never has been acceptable. At the v...
LETITIA BALDRIGE There is so much bad manners and oafishness in large corporations.
LETITIA BALDRIGE I don't ever knock anybody; that's bad manners.
LETITIA BALDRIGE Look at all those unattractive people talking about depraved things all day long on TV talk shows. P...
LETITIA BALDRIGE Knowing when and where to sit is something every young executive should learn. A junior person who c...
LETITIA BALDRIGE Europeans are easily offended by errors in their titles or full names. Their exasperation is equal t...
LETITIA BALDRIGE Most people don't know how to take compliments. That's the biggest problem in America - we&#...
LETITIA BALDRIGE Backpacks are obtrusive. They're great for school kids and mountaineers, but a woman is supposed...
LETITIA BALDRIGE The whole art of flirting has simply disappeared. This probably will do further damage. If we're...
LETITIA BALDRIGE Business colleagues who have not seen each other for a long time but who have a good relationship ca...
LETITIA BALDRIGE It's nice to compliment people on what they're wearing, but don't make insincere complim...
LETITIA BALDRIGE To have people to the White House and worry about the price of things is laughable.
LETITIA BALDRIGE It is decidedly rude to make mistakes in e-mail, because the recipient will then have difficulty rea...
LETITIA BALDRIGE I was considered the luckiest of all the female gypsies since I landed the job as social secretary t...
LETITIA BALDRIGE We're a nation of latchkey children. Manners start at home, and no one is at home teaching manne...
LETITIA BALDRIGE It's stylish to have people over. But unstylish to make them bring food. It's so tacky, maki...
LETITIA BALDRIGE Administrations had come and gone in Pennsylvania Avenue, but many old entertaining traditions had s...
LETITIA BALDRIGE Kids today and for the last 20 years have held the fork and knife in unbelievable ways. They hold th...
LETITIA BALDRIGE Mom and Dad never told them, ... Nobody ever taught them. And now there are so many young people who...
LETITIA BALDRIGE I was never a person who dated in high school, because at 17, everything just felt like it had to be...
LANDON LIBOIRON I freakin' hate Twitter, man. I honestly don't understand the purpose of it.
LANDON LIBOIRON My whole family is really close. I'm lucky for that.
LANDON LIBOIRON I would love to have a go at a band or some form of music one day.
LANDON LIBOIRON The first thing I always look at on a girl is her eyes.
LANDON LIBOIRON I guess my favorite artists are The White Stripes or Tom Waits. The more theatrical the music is, th...
LANDON LIBOIRON TV is starting to become such a collective experience again. People are watching it on their own tim...
LANDON LIBOIRON I remember - when I was little, I remember playing 'Tecmo Bowl,' and I would be so excited t...
LANDON DONOVAN Somebody should tell us, right at the start of our lives, that we are dying. Then we might live life...
MICHAEL LANDON I would say practical progressive, which means that the Republican party or any political party has ...
ALF LANDON You put a lot of pressure on your defenders to be able to hold the fort when you go forward.
LANDON DONOVAN I think that's part of the calling God has given me -- that if you're willing and faithful to do the...
LANDON ADAMS It's interesting to have been on the one side a chaplain, intern in the prison system and now fighti...
LANDON ADAMS It's heavy, but also it's sort of the philosophy of Hospice that it's not about death. It's about li...
LANDON ADAMS I got to really hear people's stories. People could share things with me in ways they didn't normall...
LANDON ADAMS I got to say 'Hi' to Dolly Parton, which my mom thought was kind of cool.
LANDON DONOVAN Whatever you want to do, do it now. There are only so many tomorrows.
MICHAEL LANDON Somebody should tell us, right at the start of our lives, that we are dying. Then we might live life...
MICHAEL LANDON If you've followed my career at all, you will know that I perform best in comfortable surroundin...
LANDON DONOVAN It's got to be harder in real life to win a World Cup. But depending on if you play World Class ...
LANDON DONOVAN I genuinely want to do my best every day, and I genuinely want to enjoy life every day.
LANDON DONOVAN We've had excuses for part of the year, but we don't have excuses now. This is a game we need to win...
LANDON DONOVAN Fortunately for me, it's my most favorite drill, and that is finishing. However, from a young ag...
LANDON DONOVAN She was talking away while he was carrying her around on his back.
TINA LANDON She exuded the attitude that one day she was going to be in front.
TINA LANDON [Perhaps most important, Judd, who helps choreograph Lopez's dance routines,] doesn't have a problem...
TINA LANDON [No doubt Judd, 32, was the supervising nurse. Friends say the former backup dancer is trying to tea...
TINA LANDON They can relax together. And when you're around Jennifer, that's amazing, because I never thought th...
TINA LANDON I lost everything. We can't even find my car. I'm looking through this wreckage to see if I can find...
LANDON WILLIAMS All things, even the deepest sorrow or the most profound happiness are all temporary. Hope is fuel f...
LANDON PARHAM Life has been good to me. It's not like I missed an awful lot. I had a pretty good lick here. Ev...
MICHAEL LANDON You'd have died of a real bad case of slow.
MICHAEL LANDON Ready, Fire, Aim.
MICHAEL LANDON You can see that he already absolutely holds his own at this level, and I think that's incredible.
LANDON DONOVAN I looked up and (Glen) was kind of fading away. So I just tried to put it in a good spot and he fini...
LANDON DONOVAN He makes everyone better, but he's especially good for me. He's been our most consistent player. ......
LANDON DONOVAN I don't know if we care about the result. At the end of the day it doesn't matter. It's not like we'...
LANDON DONOVAN (It's been) tiring, ... but two wins (in a short time frame) is always good. Hopefully we can make i...
LANDON DONOVAN We're one of the only retail businesses where the price is preprinted. You can't raise prices becaus...
HUT LANDON I'd like to uncover some worthy recipients and I'd like it if the member booksellers nominated progr...
HUT LANDON We are looking at the definition of 'promoting literacy' in a broad sense.
HUT LANDON I don't believe in that philosophy. But I also have a responsibility to my booksellers to look at al...
HUT LANDON We were looking to close up a tax loophole. There's real money out there being lost. It's starting t...
HUT LANDON The independent bookstores that are left have learned how to compete in this marketplace. There are ...
HUT LANDON When people say 'American soccer,' they think of the U.S. national team. But American soccer...
LANDON DONOVAN When you're with your club team, every week you have a performance to judge. But when you're...
LANDON DONOVAN We've been working since the late '80s to get 49 widened. This will be an uphill battle.
DAN LANDON Everything balled up into one: Beat Mexico and qualify. There's no better scenario.
LANDON DONOVAN I expected more from them. At least for the next three or four years, they'll shut up. They can't sa...
LANDON DONOVAN I would not say it is greatest moment. I would say it is the most gratifying, ... It's been strange....
LANDON DONOVAN The nonchalance irritated her more because it was not assumed.
MARGARET LANDON I've never met anybody who says they don't like the World Cup. If you're a soccer fan or...
LANDON DONOVAN Life isn't just about darkness or light, rather it's about finding light within the darkness.
LANDON PARHAM Men are sort of doofuses about sunscreen, and for the most part, women are more inclined to take bet...
LANDON DONOVAN The one thing I need to leave behind is good memories.
MICHAEL LANDON My brother and I have always had this theory that, as stupid as it sounds, in video games, there is ...
LANDON DONOVAN Fortunately, I don't spend too much time reading or worrying about what people have to say, but ...
LANDON DONOVAN The advantage doesn't come because you can run more than someone over 90 minutes. The advantage ...
LANDON DONOVAN The Transportation Commission has looked at alternatives to generate enough money to fill the needs ...
DAN LANDON This project is not a large project in terms of state funding.
DAN LANDON By reducing the scope of the project, we can show the state that we have a viable project and viable...
DAN LANDON That proposal reduced the scope of the project to keep it within the funding that's available from t...
DAN LANDON Send in your letters. We need to make the governor's program a statewide program that will include r...
DAN LANDON Wherever I have gone in this country, I have found Americans.
ALF LANDON It's like any other high school sport. Kids come out and you might get cut. That's how high school s...
MARK LANDON They're looking at going about two weeks per film.
MARK LANDON We still need to get points and make sure that we at least finish third in the West. But it is a goo...
LANDON DONOVAN He's just a good soccer player, ... He's been around for a long time. He knows where the ball should...
LANDON DONOVAN They are jealous of us, the Mexican players, because we've got a life and they have nothing, ... Bec...
LANDON DONOVAN Most of us are in this more than just for playing soccer. We're in it for the bigger goal ? to move ...
LANDON DONOVAN Having Claudio and John makes it easy on me because they do all the work. I don't have to worry abou...
LANDON DONOVAN I lost everything. We can't even find my car. I'm looking through this wreckage to see if I can find...
LANDON WILLIAMS As the second story collapsed, they climbed onto the roof and part of it floated away and they float...
LANDON WILLIAMS I lost everything. We can't even find my car. I think I'll move on to North Carolina and do some wor...
LANDON WILLIAMS I didn't think it was going to be that bad.
LANDON WILLIAMS The Bay Club looks like a castle in Italy and as you drive around the community you have a feel of l...
LANDON THOMAS Developers many times take the best piece of land and build on it first but we saved the best for la...
LANDON THOMAS This is one of the exceptional communities being built in Southwest Florida. The Colony is in its ow...
LANDON THOMAS We're mixing our pitches like we want to. We're sticking to our game plan and our defense is playing...
LANDON POWELL He spotted his fastball really well. The other part was that we were anxious, and we rolled over som...
LANDON POWELL We're very proud of him.
LANDON MATHEWS We had to go see him in school a couple of days.
LANDON MATHEWS It was a lofty goal but if he wanted to do it we would support him. That's a quite of bit of money t...
LANDON MATHEWS Our approach has been to take a very broad approach to potential customers. It's taken some time to ...
LANDON LACK There are several solutions out there people can use as a point solutions. We're the only one that e...
LANDON LACK There were times I felt I could have gotten our receivers (in practice), but I know I can't do that....
LANDON KAFENTZIS The offense is a perfect fit for him, because it allows him to be an athlete. He can run and he can ...
LANDON KAFENTZIS I know the turf is really hard. Really hard. Not the ideal playing surface, but it's a good place to...
LANDON KAFENTZIS If (I throw) high then it's out of the zone, but where it looks good.
LANDON HORNBECK The biggest thing is picking up the spin. It's a reaction pretty much.
LANDON HORNBECK It was a huge win for us, I've been in some tough losses and this was a good win. This was the bigge...
LANDON HORNBECK When one by one our ties are torn, and friend from friend is snatched forlorn; When man is left alon...
ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD The most characteristic mark of a great mind is to choose some one important object, and pursue it f...
ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD A heart at leisure from itself, To soothe and sympathise.
ANNA LETITIA WARING When one by one our ties are torn, and friend from friend is snatched forlorn; When man is left alon...
ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD The dead of midnight is the noon of thought.
ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD We neither laugh alone, nor weep alone, why then should we pray alone?
ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD Forgotten rimes, and college themes,/ Worm-eaten plans, and embryo schemes;/ A mass of heterogeneous...
ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD We can only love what we know
ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD We neither laugh alone, nor weep alone, why then should we pray alone?
ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD The awakenings of remorse, virtuous shame and indignation, the glow of moral approbation if they do ...
ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD But every act in consequence of our faith, strengthens faith.
ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD It would be difficult to determine whether the age is growing better or worse; for I think our plays...
ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD You speak of beginning the education of your son. The moment he was able to form an idea his educati...
ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD I wasn't born in a log cabin, but my family moved into one as soon as they could afford it.
MELVILLE D. LANDON He was a good man, but too good a man to be a great man.
LANDON J. FOSSUM There are a lot of intelligent fools, but no wise idiots.
LANDON J. FOSSUM A statement using the words always and never is never always 100% accurate.
LANDON J. FOSSUM Somebody should tell us, right at the start of our lives, that we are dying. Then we might live life...
MICHAEL LANDON JR. It is to hope, though hope were lost.
MRS. ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD So fades a summer cloud away; So sinks the gale when storms are o'er; So gently shuts the eye ...
MRS. ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD Child of mortality, whence comest thou? Why is thy countenance sad, and why are thine eyes red wit...
MRS. ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD Cruel Remorse! where Youth and Pleasure sport, And thoughtless Folly keeps her court,-- Crouc...
MRS. ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD And when 'midst fallen London they survey The stone where Alexander's ashes lay, Shall own wit...
MRS. ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD Is there not A tongue in every star that talks with man, And wooes him to be wise? nor wooes ...
MRS. ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD Man is the nobler growth our realms supply And souls are ripened in our northern sky.
MRS. ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD Fair Venus shines Even in the eye of day; with sweetest beam Propitious shines, and shakes a t...
MRS. ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD We need to stop trying to restrict access to lifesaving cancer screenings, birth control, and well-w...
ELIZABETH ESTY The cloud never comes from the quarter of the horizon from which we watch for it.
ELIZABETH GASKELL When I first started talking about running for office, a lot of people said to me, 'Don't le...
ELIZABETH WARREN I'm a puzzle doer.
ELIZABETH EDWARDS A good night in is a series of documentaries.
ELIZABETH DEBICKI Repetition makes reputation and reputation makes customers.
ELIZABETH ARDEN If someone's dumb enough to offer me a million dollars to make a picture, I'm certainly not ...
ELIZABETH TAYLOR Everything makes me nervous - except making films.
ELIZABETH TAYLOR I am a very committed wife. And I should be committed too - for being married so many times.
ELIZABETH TAYLOR Marriage is a great institution.
ELIZABETH TAYLOR I sweat real sweat and I shake real shakes.
ELIZABETH TAYLOR I suppose when they reach a certain age some men are afraid to grow up. It seems the older the men g...
ELIZABETH TAYLOR I really don't remember much about Cleopatra. There were a lot of other things going on.
ELIZABETH TAYLOR I've only slept with men I've been married to. How many women can make that claim?
ELIZABETH TAYLOR