Gertrude Atherton Quotes

The only two good words that can be said for a hurricane are that it gives sufficient warning of its approach, and that it blows from one point of the compass at a time.

Gertrude Atherton

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I've always imagined myself doing well, whatever I did.

Jacob Batalon
- Myself
- Always
- Doing
I understand that in some families both parents have to work, so the kids are home alone eating more processed foods. But if the kids know how to make oatmeal or eggs in the morning or pasta or a lentil soup at night - we're giving them real survival tools.

Tamra Davis
- Work
- Real
- Home
Every month, the US is spending more on the Iraqi war than it took to reach Saturn and Titan. Mass murder is expensive, and good science is relatively cheap.

Caitlín Rebekah Kiernan
- Good
- War
- Science
Democracy is a great institution and, therefore, it is liable to be greatly abused.

Mahatma Gandhi
People say I'm a nice girl saying terrible things. I tend to say the opposite of what I think. You hope that the absolute power of that transcends, and reaches the audience.

Sarah Silverman
- People
- Thinking
- Girl
There's many things that you can do with your life. It doesn't necessarily - I think if you're in a creative sphere, or if you're hungry for experience, then those experiences don't necessarily happen like rungs of a ladder or in a linear way.

Cate Blanchett

The only two good words that can be said for a hurricane are that it gives sufficient warning of its approach, and that it blows from one point of the compass at a time.

Gertrude Atherton
- Hurricane
- Warning
- Blows