E. M. Delafield Quotes

Does not a misplaced optimism exist, common to all mankind, leading on to false conviction that social engagements, if dated sufficiently far ahead, will never really materialize?

E. M. Delafield

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• I read the Scriptures at the American Cathedral on Christmas and Easter; that's it. It's a task I love.

  

  Olivia De Havilland
  • Love
  • American
  • Christmas

• Cursive writing does not mean what I think it does.

  

  Nancy Cartwright
  • Writing
  • Think
  • Mean

• The difference between Tinted Windows and Hanson shows is a lot of just repertoire. Hanson has been a band for years - we have a lot of songs to pull from and it's a different dynamic - a common kind of thread. With Tinted Windows - it's kind of a little like 'hey, we're this new band.'

  

  Taylor Hanson Hanson
  • Different
  • Band
  • New

• There were so many groups that I had in college, but I was always the solo singer. But what made it so unusual back in the day was that I was a black girl playing with all these white musicians, and I was also singing rock music on top of it.

  

  Natalie Cole
  • Music
  • Black
  • Girl

• With every film, I try and give the audiences a little more than the previous film in terms of comedy, action, drama and so on.

  

  Salman Khan
  • Action
  • Comedy
  • Drama

• When incomes and bonuses decrease, revenues falter, and businesses stumble, it's more important than ever to give - not necessarily more, but in a way that matters more. When incomes are down and wallets are stretched, the effectiveness of our giving is what really counts.

  

  Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen
  • Important
  • Giving
  • Down

• In literature, the ghost is almost always a metaphor for the weight of the past. I don't believe in them in the traditional sense.

  

  Tabitha King
  • Believe
  • Past
  • Literature

• Emmitt Smith is a great running back. One of the things I like about him along with Edgerrin James is that neither one of them 'show out' when they run a touchdown.

  

  Earl Campbell
  • Great
  • Running
  • Run

• When I talk to Chicagoans who live in our most violence-prone neighborhoods, they do not hate the police. In fact, they tell me they want more cops and fewer gangs. They do not want more officers in cars just driving through their communities. They want officers on the beat in their neighborhoods.

  

  Rahm Emanuel
  • Hate
  • Violence
  • Police

• When I first came out, like a lot of the artists at that time, I had a very polished, very overproduced sound.

  

  Taylor Dayne
  • Time
  • Like
  • First

• The average Englishman has no idea of the dynamism in the music scene here.

  

  Kabir Bedi
  • Music
  • Idea
  • Scene

• If Christ came back tomorrow, He'd have to change planes in Frankfurt. Modern air travel means less time spent in transit. That time is now spent in transit lounges.

  

  P. J. O'Rourke
  • Time
  • Air
  • Travel

• The thing about happiness is that it doesnt help you to grow; only unhappiness does that. So I'm grateful that my bed of roses was made up equally of blossoms and thorns. I've had a privileged, creative, exciting life, and I think that the parts that were less joyous were preparing me, testing me, strengthening me.

  

  Lana Turner
  • Life
  • Up
  • Help

• Every story of conversion is the story of a blessed defeat.

  

  C. S. Lewis
  • Blessed

• No more stress, now I'm straightNow I get it, now I take time to thinkBefore I make mistakes just for my family's sake part of me left yesterdayThe heart of me is strong todayNo regrets I'm blessed to say that old me dead and gone away

  

  T.I.
  • Time
  • Family
  • Heart

• I'm on the road constantly. I'm a nomad. I don't really have a home right now. I don't identify with one place in particular.

  

  Grace Martine Tandon
  • Home
  • Road

• I think I've had the slowest, most methodical career in the business.

  

  Chris Isaak
  • Business
  • Career

• Angels are spirits, flames of fire; they are higher than man, they have wider connections.

  

  Matthew Simpson
  • Fire

• I get bored of carrying the same bag often. So, I end up buying more.

  

  Anita Hassanandani Reddy
  • Up
  • Bored

• We want it by ourselves and I think the greatest test of them all is to play Connecticut at our place, last game on the line and they've got a chance to share it. It's going to be crucial.

  

  C. Vivian Stringer
  • Chance
  • I Think
  • Connecticut

• How you spend your time defines who you are.

  

  Oprah Winfrey
  • Time
  • Spend

• An occasional lucky guess as to what makes a wife tick is the best a man can hope for, Even then, no sooner has he learned how to cope with the tick than she tocks.

  

  Ogden Nash
  • She
  • Hope
  • Wife

• Does not a misplaced optimism exist, common to all mankind, leading on to false conviction that social engagements, if dated sufficiently far ahead, will never really materialize?

  

  E. M. Delafield
  • Doe
  • Engagement
  • Optimism