Phyllis McGinley

12 quotes

"Gardening has compensations out of all proportion to its goals. It is creation in the pure sense."

Phyllis McGinley

"The trouble with gardening is that it does not remain an avocation. It becomes an obsession."

Phyllis McGinley

"Sticks and stones are hard on bones, aimed with angry art, words can sting like anything but silence breaks the heart."

Phyllis McGinley

"The human animal needs a freedom seldom mentioned, freedom from intrusion. He needs a little privacy."

Phyllis McGinley

"Compromise, if not the spice of life, is its solidity. It is what makes nations great and marriages happy."

Phyllis McGinley

"Compromise, if not the spice of life, is its solidity. It is what makes nations great and marriages happy."

Phyllis McGinley

"The trouble with gardening is that it does not remain an avocation. It becomes an obsession."

Phyllis McGinley

"Gardening has compensations out of all proportion to its goals. It is creation in the pure sense."

Phyllis McGinley

"Compromise, if not the spice of life, is its solidity. It is what makes nations great and marriages happy."

Phyllis McGinley

"Compromise, if not the spice of life, is its solidity. It is what makes nations great and marriages happy."

Phyllis McGinley

"The human animal needs a freedom seldom mentioned, freedom from intrusion. He needs a little privacy."

Phyllis McGinley

"Sticks and stones are hard on bones, aimed with angry art, words can sting like anything but silence breaks the heart."

Phyllis McGinley