#grand

We found nothing grand in the history of the Jews nor in the morals inculcated in the Pentateuch. I know of no other books that so fully teach the subjection and degradation of woman. ↗

— Elizabeth Cady Stanton

#degradation #found #fully #grand #history

Alas! if the principles of contentment are not within us, the height of station and worldly grandeur will as soon add a cubit to a man's stature as to his happiness. ↗

— Laurence Sterne

#alas #contentment #grandeur #happiness #height

But certainly in my grandmother's time - and when I was growing up, yeah, Demetrie's bathroom was on the side of the house, it was a separate door. Still, to this day, I've never been in that room. ↗

— Kathryn Stockett

#been #certainly #day #door #grandmother

Demetrie came to wait on my grandmother in 1955 and stayed for 32 years. It was common, in Mississippi, to have a black domestic cleaning the kitchen, cooking the meals, looking after the white children. ↗

— Kathryn Stockett

#black #came #children #cleaning #common

I think violence, cynicism, brutality and fashion are the staples of our diet. I think in the grand history of story-telling, going back to people sitting around fires, the dark side of human nature has always been very important. Movies are part of that tradition. ↗

— Eric Stoltz

#around #back #been #brutality #cynicism

My grandmother valued even the smallest of things. ↗

— Koichi Tanaka

#grandmother #smallest #things #valued

I'm most proud of the longevity of my marriage, my kids, and my grandchildren. If you don't have that, you really don't have very much. ↗

— Bob Newhart

#i #kids #longevity #marriage #most

Grandchildren are the dots that connect the lines from generation to generation. ↗

— Lois Wyse

#dots #generation #grandchildren #lines

The Dark Side of the Moon is a fine album with a textural and conceptual richness that not only invites, but demands involvement. There is a certain grandeur. ↗

— Alan Parsons

#certain #conceptual #dark #dark side #demands

The human overpopulation issue is the topic I see as the most vital to solve if our children and grandchildren are to have a good quality of life. ↗

— Alexandra Paul

#good #good quality #grandchildren #human #i