Alice Duer Miller
Alice Duer Miller
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth28 July 1874
CountryUnited States of America
funny-friendship mean men
When a woman like that whom I've seen so much, All of a sudden drops out of touch; Is always busy and never can, Spare you a moment, it means a man.
baseball men emotional
Men are too emotional to vote. Their conduct at baseball games and political conventions shows this . . .
country men thinking
They make other nations seem pale and flighty, But they do think England is God almighty, And you must remind them now and then That other countries breed other men.
burst good help paint painting pictures truth
I was not out to paint beautiful pictures; even painting good pictures was not important to me. I wanted only to help the truth burst forth.
army feelings good-man
Good manners are the techniques of expressing consideration for the feelings of others.
love fists
Love will not always linger longest with those who hold it in too clenched a fist.
adaptability strongest know-how
the strongest will is the will that knows how to bend.
education children mean
It is among the commonplaces of education that we often first cut off the living root and then try to replace its natural functions by artificial means. Thus we suppress the child's curiosity and then when he lacks a natural interest in learning he is offered special coaching for his scholastic difficulties.
hate people
People love to talk but hate to listen.
unexpected crisis charlotte
It's been my experience, Charlotte, that the crisis never comes as or when you expect.
silence friendly passionate
Silences, as every observer knows, have strange characteristics all their own - passionate silences, and hateful silences, and silences full of friendly, purring content.
littles doe affair
Rare indeed is the nature that does not become a little more intense when its own affairs come under discussion.
hate hands may
Hate is perhaps the most dynamic of all emotions - fear may immobilize, love may stay the hand, but hate urges to action ...
wall hate mean
People love to talk but hate to listen. Listening is not merely not talking, though even that is beyond most of our powers; it means taking a vigorous, human interest in what is being told us. You can listen like a blank wall or like a splendid auditorium where every sound comes back fuller and richer.