Who could deny that privacy is a jewel? It has always been the mark of privilege, the distinguishing feature of a truly urbane culture. Out of the cave, the tribal teepee, the pueblo, the community fortress, man emerged to build…

Quote by Phyllis McGinley

Topics: Age Quotes, Funny Quotes

Seventy is wormwood, Seventy is gall But its better to be seventy, Than not alive...

Seventy is wormwood, Seventy is gall But its better to be seventy, Than not alive...

In Australia, not reading poetry is the national pastime.

In Australia, not reading poetry is the national pastime.

Sisters are always drying their hair. Locked into rooms, alone, they pose at the mirror,...

Sisters are always drying their hair. Locked into rooms, alone, they pose at the mirror,...

Please to put a nickel, please to put a dime. How petitions trickle in at...

Please to put a nickel, please to put a dime. How petitions trickle in at...

Words can sting like anything, but silence breaks the heart.

Words can sting like anything, but silence breaks the heart.

Compromise, if not the spice of life, is its solidity.

Compromise, if not the spice of life, is its solidity.

Marriage was all a woman's idea and for man's acceptance of the pretty yoke, it...

Marriage was all a woman's idea and for man's acceptance of the pretty yoke, it...

A lady is smarter than a gentleman, maybe, she can sew a fine seam, she...

A lady is smarter than a gentleman, maybe, she can sew a fine seam, she...

Praise is warming and desirable. But it is an earned thing. It has to be...

Praise is warming and desirable. But it is an earned thing. It has to be...

When blithe to argument I come, Though armed with facts, and merry, May Providence protect...

When blithe to argument I come, Though armed with facts, and merry, May Providence protect...

A hobby a day keeps the doldrums away.

A hobby a day keeps the doldrums away.

I do not know who first invented the myth of sexual equality. But it is...

I do not know who first invented the myth of sexual equality. But it is...

Those wearing tolerance for a label call other views intolerable.

Those wearing tolerance for a label call other views intolerable.

Sisters are always drying their hair. Locked into rooms, alone, they pose at the mirror,...

Sisters are always drying their hair. Locked into rooms, alone, they pose at the mirror,...

Gossip is the tool of the poet, the shoptalk of the scientist and the consolation...

Gossip is the tool of the poet, the shoptalk of the scientist and the consolation...

Gossip isn't scandal and it's not merely malicious. It's chatter about the human race by...

Gossip isn't scandal and it's not merely malicious. It's chatter about the human race by...

The trouble with gardening is that it does not remain an avocation. It becomes an...

The trouble with gardening is that it does not remain an avocation. It becomes an...

I wish that every player could feel what I've felt in visiting ballparks. The receptions...

I wish that every player could feel what I've felt in visiting ballparks. The receptions...

We have forty million reasons for failure, but not a single excuse.

We have forty million reasons for failure, but not a single excuse.

Kind hearts are the gardens, Kind thoughts are the roots, Kind words are the flowers,...

Kind hearts are the gardens, Kind thoughts are the roots, Kind words are the flowers,...

Nobody can be successful unless he loves his work.

Nobody can be successful unless he loves his work.