Alice Morse Earle Quotes

One of the earliest institutions in every New England community was a pair of stocks. The first public building was a meeting-house, but often before any house of God was builded, the devil got his restraining engine.

Alice Morse Earle

Quotes to Explore

The Afghans themselves say that if you put two Afghans in a room, you get three factions.

P. J. O'Rourke
- You
- Say
- Three
The whole of our national sport is not doing very well.

Ted Dexter
- Doing
- Very
- Well
I kind of like the idea of living a rather ordinary life as a shopkeeper, and I examine that possibility as one of the outcomes of the young Gerald Bostock growing older.

Ian Anderson
- Life
- Growing
- Kind
Each age has deemed the new-born year the fittest time for festal cheer.

Walter Scott
- Time
- Age
- Cheer
I try to give the appearance that I have it all together and that I know what I'm talking about, but at the end of the day, I think I might be full of crap.

Laura Benanti
- Together
- Day
- End
More is required of public officials than slogans and handshakes and press releases. More is required. We must hold ourselves strictly accountable. We must provide the people with a vision of the future.

Barbara Jordan
- People
- Future
- Vision