#us

People say it gets better but it doesn't. It just gets different, that's all. ↗

— Maggie Smith

#different #gets #just #people #people say

I longed to be bright and most certainly never was. I was rather hopeless, I suspect. ↗

— Maggie Smith

#certainly #hopeless #i #longed #most

I tend to head for what's amusing because a lot of things aren't happy. But usually you can find a funny side to practically anything. ↗

— Maggie Smith

#anything #because #find #funny #happy

I had been feeling a little rum. I didn't think it was anything serious because years ago I felt a lump and it was benign. I assumed this would be too. It kind of takes the wind out of your sails, and I don't know what the future holds, if anything. ↗

— Maggie Smith

#anything #assumed #because #been #benign

Listen, I must be 110 by now. Granny is going to kick the bucket at some point. ↗

— Maggie Smith

#going #granny #i #kick #listen

People think of you differently if you've been in their homes. They think they own you because they watched you while they were eating dinner, or they can turn you up or down, or even freeze you. ↗

— Maggie Smith

#been #differently #dinner #down #eating

The chemotherapy was very peculiar, something that makes you feel much worse than the cancer itself, a very nasty thing. I used to go to treatment on my own, and nearly everybody else was with somebody. I wouldn't have liked that. Why would you want to make anybody sit in those places? ↗

— Maggie Smith

#cancer #chemotherapy #else #everybody #everybody else

Moral cowardice that keeps us from speaking our minds is as dangerous to this country as irresponsible talk. ↗

— Margaret Chase Smith

#cowardice #dangerous #irresponsible #keeps #minds

Public service must be more than doing a job efficiently and honestly. It must be a complete dedication to the people and to the nation. ↗

— Margaret Chase Smith

#dedication #doing #efficiently #honestly #job

One of the basic causes for all the trouble in the world today is that people talk too much and think too little. They act impulsively without thinking. ↗

— Margaret Chase Smith

#basic #causes #little #much #people