Cradle Quotes

259 quotes by 223 authors

To look almost pretty is an acquisition of higher delight to a girl who has been looking plain for the first fifteen years of her… — Jane Austen
What a mother sings to the cradle goes all the way down to the coffin. — Henry Ward Beecher
Every therapeutic cure, and still more, any awkward attempt to show the patient the truth, tears him from the cradle of his freedom from responsibility… — Alfred Adler
From the cradle to the coffin underwear comes first. — Bertolt Brecht
Humanity is at the very beginning of its existence-a new-born babe, with all the unexplored potentialities of babyhood; and until the last few moments its… — James Jeans
Babies haven't any hair; Old men's heads are just as bare; between the cradle and the grave lie a haircut and a shave. — Samuel Hoffenstein
I would never rob your cradles to feed the dogs of war — Huey Long
There ought to be a hall of fame for mamas / Creation's most unique and precious pearl / And heaven help us always to remember… — Glen Campbell
This is called 'the land of the free and the home of the brave'; it is called the 'asylum of the oppressed,' and some have… — William Wells Brown
For here lies the corner stone of all the injustices done woman, the wrong idea from which all other wrongs proceed. She is not acknowledged… — Ernestine Rose
God has given you your country as cradle, and humanity as mother; you cannot rightly love your brethren of the cradle if you love not… — Giuseppe Mazzini
Silence is like a cradle holding our endeavors and our will; a silent spaciousness sustains us in our work and at the same time connects… — David Whyte
For me Sir Alex was my father in football. He was crucial in my career and, outside football, was a great human being with me.… — Cristiano Ronaldo
Love is the only bow of life's dark cloud. It is the Morning and Evening Star. It shines upon the cradle of the babe, and… — Robert Green Ingersoll
The fairest thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion that stands at the cradle of true art and true science.… — Albert Einstein
The fairest thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle of true science. He who knows… — Hans Selye
Poverty sits by the cradle of all our great men and rocks all of them to manhood. — Heinrich Heine
I had no idea, however, that in Pennsylvania, the cradle of toleration and freedom of religion, it [fanaticism] could have arisen to the height you… — Thomas Jefferson
Freedom sees in religion the companion of its struggles and its triumphs, the cradle of its infancy, the divine source of its rights. It considers… — Alexis de Tocqueville
Life is just a short walk from the cradle to the grave - and it sure behooves us to be kind to one another along… — Alice Childress

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