The martial spirit is never dead. It sleeps through fortunate generations, but it wakes up very quickly to the toot of a fife. There's that roistering spirit in men which leads them to think a good fight is a lark… — Margaret Ayer Barnes Copy Share Image
Sentiment, crystallized, grows into sentimentality. It lost all spontaneity, which was the essence of feeling. It was dated--old-fashioned. — Margaret Ayer Barnes Copy Share Image
All wars are crusades, or we're made to feel they are. That's just what's so wicked about them. We're made to feel - not… — Margaret Ayer Barnes Copy Share Image
There's nothing in all the world as much fun as talk. When you're talking, that is, with the right person. — Margaret Ayer Barnes Copy Share Image
“The trouble with education is,' said Jimmy cheerfully, 'that we always read everything when we're too young to know what it means. And the… — Margaret Ayer Barnes Copy Share Image
I've almost come to feel that it doesn't make much difference what you believe in - the thing that's important is a state of… — Margaret Ayer Barnes Copy Share Image
The martial spirit is never dead. It sleeps through fortunate generations, but it wakes up very quickly to the toot of a fife. There's… — Margaret Ayer Barnes Copy Share Image
The trouble with education is that we always read everything when we're too young to know what it means. And the trouble with life… — Margaret Ayer Barnes Copy Share Image
All banks should be under government control. Deposits guaranteed, dividends reduced, officials turned into state servants taking their orders from Washington. — Margaret Ayer Barnes Copy Share Image
