29 quotes found
“A man thinks all dust stays outdoors.”
“For mankind knows hardly a joy which will surpass that of approval of his work.”
“As you turn into a daddy, soon now, youll find that, on marrying, a man and woman start actually living.”
“As you turn into a daddy, soon now, you’ll find that, on marrying, a man and woman start actually living.”
“Boys, at war, so far away, will naturally droop, both in body and mind, from lack of a particular girls snuggling and cuddling.”
“A human mind was built for contact with similar minds. It should,in fact,it must think about what is going on around it; for, if it is shut up in a thick, dark, bony box of a skull, it will always ...”
“But that did no harm, and a sad young mind found a way to match things up with an antagonist. Now, just stand a child up against your body. How tall is it? Possibly only up to your hip. Still, a ma...”
“All that did a big lot toward showing Youth that this big world is not half bad, if adults will but watch, aid, and coach. And I will not stand anybodys snapping at a child! Particularly a tiny tot...”
“Now this is a most satisfactory and important thing to think about, for brutality will not,cannot,accomplish what a kindly disposition will; and, if folks could only know how quickly a balky child ...”
“If you would only stop rating a childs ability by your own; and try to find out just what ability a child has, our young folks throughout this big world would show a surprisingly willing dispositio...”
“It is curious why anybody should pooh-pooh a study of fossils or various forms of rocks or lava. Such things grant us our only vision into Natural Historys big book; and it isn't a book in first-cl...”
“Oh, how an animal that is hurt looks up at you, John! An animals actions can inform you if it is in pain. It dont hop and jump around as usual. No. You find a sad, crouching, cringing, small bunch ...”
“Just stop and think a bit. All such things as bulk, or width, you know by comparison only; comparison with familiar things. So, just for fun, go up in an imaginary balloon, about half way to that o...”
“That was just grand, John, but I was thinking along a path varying a bit from that. You know that Mans brain is actually all of him. All parts of his body, as you follow down from his brain, act si...”
“But you know that any showing of such an innovation is apt to start gossip. Just why, I dont know. It, though, is a trait of Mankind only. Animals dont bloom out so abruptly. You can hunt through B...”
“If you cant find any fun during childhood, you naturally wont look for it as you grow up to maturity. You will grow hard, and look upon fun as foolish. Also, if you dont furnish fun for a child, do...”
“Many such an official, upon winning a foothold in City Hall, thinks only of his own cohorts, and his own gain. So it is not surprising that public affairs grow stagnant. Truly, cannot fathom such m...”
“Youth!! Ah, what a word!! And how transitory! But, how grand! as long as it lasts. How many millions in gold would pour out for an ability to call it all back, as with our musical myth, Faust. Duri...”
“Youth, if adults will only admit that it has any brains at all, will stand out, today, in a most promising light. Philosophically, Youth is Wisdom in formation, and with many thoughts startling to ...”
“Now just a word about zoos. Many folks think that animals in a zoo know no comforts; nothing but constant fright from living in captivity. Such folks do not stop to think of a thing or two about an...”
“Many a man has known that startling instant in which Dan Cupid, that busy young rascal, took things in hand, and told him that his baby girl was not a baby girl now, and was about to fly away from ...”
“Stopping a war; that is, stopping actual military combat, is not stopping a war in all its factors. During continuous hard strain a human mind can hold up; and it is truly amazing how much it can s...”
