Best Phyllis McGinley Quotes
- This is the gist of what I know: Give advice and buy a foe. Advice
- Love or perish" we are told and we tell ourselves. The phrase is true enough so long as we do not interpret it as "Mingle… Company
- The mass of men live lives of quiet exasperation. Exasperation
- Women are not men's equals in anything except responsibility. We are not their inferiors, either, or even their superiors. We are quite simply different races. Anything Except
- Marriage is a lot of things-an alliance, a sacrament, a comedy, or a mistake; but it is definitely not a partnership because that implies equal… All
- Happiness puts on as many shapes as discontent, and there is nothing odder than the satisfaction of one's neighbor. Discontent
- O, merry is the Optimist, With the troops of courage leaguing. But a dour trend In any friend Is somehow less fatiguing. Any
- Ah, snug lie those that slumber Beneath Conviction's roof. Their floors are sturdy lumber, Their windows weatherproof. But I sleep cold forever And cold sleep… Ah
- A bookworm in bed with a new novel and a good reading lamp is as much prepared for pleasure as a pretty girl at a… Bed
- The human animal needs a freedom seldom mentioned, freedom from intrusion. He needs a little privacy as much as he wants understanding or vitamins or… Animal
- What in me is pure conviction is simple prejudice in you. Conviction
- It is the leisured, I have noticed, who rebel the most at an interruption of routine. Inspirational
- Sons do not need you. They are always out of your reach, Walking strange waters. Out
- Women like other women fine. The more feminine she is, the more comfortable a woman feels with her own sex. It is only the occasional… Comfortable
- Say what you will, making marriage work is a woman's business. The institution was invented to do her homage; it was contrived for her protection.… Accepting
- Sometimes I have a notion that what might improve the situation is to have women take over the occupations of government and trade and to… Affair
- I do not know who first invented the myth of sexual equality. But it is a myth willfully fostered and nourished by certain semi-scientists and… Age
- Frigidity is largely nonsense. It is this generation's catchword, one only vaguely understood and constantly misused. Frigid women are few. There is a host of… Catchword
- Women are the fulfilled sex. Through our children we are able to produce our own immortality, so we lack that divine restlessness which sends men… Able
- Nothing fails like success; nothing is so defeated as yesterday's triumphant Cause. Cause
- Seventy is wormwood, Seventy is gall But its better to be seventy, Than not alive at all. Alive
- To be a housewife is a difficult, a wrenching, sometimes an ungrateful job if it is looked on only as a job. Regarded as a… Ancient
- Not reading poetry amounts to a national pastime here. Amounts
- Words can sting like anything, but silence breaks the heart. Break
- Of one thing I am certain, the body is not the measure of healing, peace is the measure. Awareness