Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children.
Quote by William Makepeace Thackeray
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Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children.
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William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes
- I would rather make my name than inherit it.
- Attacking is the only secret. Dare and the world always yields; or if it beats you sometimes, dare it again and it will succumb.
- A good laugh is sunshine in a house.
- When I walk with you I feel as if I had a flower in my buttonhole.
- To love and win is the best thing. To love and lose, the next best.
- A cheerful look brings joy to the heart.
- Bravery never goes out of fashion.
- Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children.
- To endure is greater than to dare to tire out hostile fortune to be daunted by no difficulty to keep heart when all have lost it -- who can say this is not greatness
- Good humor is one of the best articles of dress one can wear in society.
Best Quotes
- I forgot to shake hands and be friendly. It was an important lesson about leadership.
- Any time you got nothing to do - and lots of time to do it - come on up.
- Avant-garde music is sort of research music. You're glad someone's done it but you don't necessarily want to listen to it.
- I've never been cool - and I don't care.
- The three great problems of this century the degradation of man in the proletariat, the subjection of women through hunger, the atrophy of the child by darkness.
- And that is the reason why this victory is great, because different players have made contributions to the win.
- To be occasionally quoted is the only fame I care for.
- Americans are cool if you show just a chink of vulnerability, they respond so much. They'll pat you on the arm and say, 'Hey kid, you're all right.' Brits will respond but they are much more cynical.
- I believe we have become paralyzed, paralyzed by our desire to be loved. Now our founding fathers had the wisdom to know that social acceptance and popularity were fleeing, and that this country's principles needed to be rooted in strengths greater than the passions and the emotions of the times.
- I do 280 episodes of TV a year, write 15 recipes for the magazine, and publish an annual book. With all of that, we try to get one weekend a month with Isaboo at our home in the Adirondacks to relax and recharge.