If a diplomat says yes, he means perhaps. If he says perhaps he means no. And if he says no, he's the hell of a diplomat. — Agnes Sligh Turnbull Copy Share Image
I think we foreshorten our own viewpoint if we consider any state of mind, or society, or government as final. Growth and change! We can't get away from them. — Agnes Sligh Turnbull Copy Share Image
There is only one thing about which I shall have no regrets when my life ends. I have savored to the full all the small, daily joys. The bright sunshine on the breakfast table; the smell of the air at dusk; the sound of the clock ticking; the light rains that start gently after midnight; the hour when the family… — Agnes Sligh Turnbull Copy Share
If a diplomat says yes, he means perhaps. If he says perhaps he means no. And if he says no, he's the hell of… — Agnes Sligh Turnbull Copy Share Image
You must learn to drink the cup of life as it comes ... without stirring it up from the bottom. That's where the bitter… — Agnes Sligh Turnbull Copy Share Image
There is still vitality under the winter snow, even though to the casual eye it seems to be dead. — Agnes Sligh Turnbull Copy Share Image
When the desire ain't on me I don't need help. When it is on me I don't want any. See? Like the old fellah… — Agnes Sligh Turnbull Copy Share Image
the human soul, by once suffering as much as it is capable of, purchases a strange and terrible immunity to all the rest of… — Agnes Sligh Turnbull Copy Share Image
A country-bred man can always learn to get on with city people, but a town-bred fellah never gets the real hang of the country.… — Agnes Sligh Turnbull Copy Share Image
Defeat in itself was part and parcel of the great gambling game of politics. A man who could not accept it and try again… — Agnes Sligh Turnbull Copy Share Image
[On religion:] Wasn't it invented by man for a kind of solace? It's as though he had said, 'I'll make me a nice comfortable… — Agnes Sligh Turnbull Copy Share Image
Burning logs can carry on quite a conversation! ... Have you ever heard apple wood talking? It's the most loquacious of all. You really… — Agnes Sligh Turnbull Copy Share Image
![“[On religion:] Wasn't it invented by man for a kind of solace? It's as though he had said, 'I'll make me a nice comfortable garment to shut out the heat and the cold,' and then it ends by becoming a strait-jacket.” quote by Agnes Sligh Turnbull](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/996/agnes-sligh-turnbull-32457_becoming_on-religion-wasn-t-it-invented-by-man-fo_1961144.jpg)
