We've had bad luck with children; they've all grown up

Quote by Christopher Morley

Topics: Growing Up Quotes, Growth Quotes, Luck Quotes

Cleanliness is indeed next to godliness.

Cleanliness is indeed next to godliness.

I had a million questions to ask God: but when I met Him, they all...

I had a million questions to ask God: but when I met Him, they all...

Man, an ingenious assembly of portable plumbing.

Man, an ingenious assembly of portable plumbing.

Lots of times you have to pretend to join a parade in which you're not...

Lots of times you have to pretend to join a parade in which you're not...

Life is a foreign language; all men mispronounce it.

Life is a foreign language; all men mispronounce it.

My theology, briefly, is that the universe was dictated but not signed.

My theology, briefly, is that the universe was dictated but not signed.

Beauty is ever to the lonely mind a shadow fleeting; she is never plain. She...

Beauty is ever to the lonely mind a shadow fleeting; she is never plain. She...

A man who has never made a woman angry is a failure in life.

A man who has never made a woman angry is a failure in life.

People like to imagine that because all our mechanical equipment moves so much faster, that...

People like to imagine that because all our mechanical equipment moves so much faster, that...

There is only one success - to be able to spend your life in your...

There is only one success - to be able to spend your life in your...

He who does not believe that God is above all is either a fool or...

He who does not believe that God is above all is either a fool or...

All students can learn.

All students can learn.

There is only one success - to be able to spend your life in your...

There is only one success - to be able to spend your life in your...

The bicycle, the bicycle surely, should always be the vehicle of novelists and poets.

The bicycle, the bicycle surely, should always be the vehicle of novelists and poets.

Humor is perhaps a sense of intellectual perspective: an awareness that some things are really...

Humor is perhaps a sense of intellectual perspective: an awareness that some things are really...

The trouble with wedlock is that there's not enough wed and too much lock.

The trouble with wedlock is that there's not enough wed and too much lock.

Truth is the strong compost in which beauty may sometimes germinate

Truth is the strong compost in which beauty may sometimes germinate

We've had bad luck with children; they've all grown up

We've had bad luck with children; they've all grown up

The first half of our lives is spoiled by our parents, and the last half...

The first half of our lives is spoiled by our parents, and the last half...

All God's children are not beautiful. Most of God's children are, in fact, barely presentable.

All God's children are not beautiful. Most of God's children are, in fact, barely presentable.

Most people don't grow up. Most people age. They find parking spaces, honor their credit...

Most people don't grow up. Most people age. They find parking spaces, honor their credit...

Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.

Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.

Some folk want their luck buttered.

Some folk want their luck buttered.