Children Quote by Alice Duer Miller

Hate is perhaps the most dynamic of all emotions - fear may immobilize, love may stay the hand, but hate urges to action.

— Alice Duer Miller

the strongest will is the will that knows how to bend.

— Alice Duer Miller

Conversation is a partnership, not a relation of master and slave, as most people try to make it.

— Alice Duer Miller

In a world where England is finished and dead: I do not wish to live.

— Alice Duer Miller

No one really believes in equality who's on top.

— Alice Duer Miller

They make other nations seem pale and flighty, But they do think England is God almighty, And you must remind them now and then…

— Alice Duer Miller

“I sha'n't mind it a bit, Ben," she said, "and for a good reason—because I'm terribly conceited." He did not understand at all, and…

— Alice Duer Miller

It is among the commonplaces of education that we often first cut off the living root and then try to replace its natural functions…

— Alice Duer Miller

“He was scolding me," replied Mr. Cord. "Have you noticed, Crystal, what a lot of scolding is going on in the world at present?…

— Alice Duer Miller

Men are too emotional to vote. Their conduct at baseball games and political conventions shows this . . .

— Alice Duer Miller

“He doesn't know anything," said Klein. "That's his trouble. He's clever, but he doesn't know much. I guess he only began to read books…

— Alice Duer Miller

“It's hard upon occasions to be forceful and sublime When you're treated as incompetents three-quarters of the time.”

— Alice Duer Miller