Eugene Field quotes and words of wisdom

"All human joys are swift of wing, For heaven doth so allot it; That when you get an easy thing, You find you haven"t got it."
Found in the topic Joy.

"Mr. Clarke played the King all evening as though under constant fear that someone else was about to play the Ace. [Field was referring to Creston Clarke"s performance of King Lear in Denver in 1880.]"
Found in the topic Unsorted.

"But I, when I undress me Each night, upon my knees Will ask the Lord to bless me With apple pie and cheese."
Found in the topic Food.

Interesting Quotes

For most folks, no news is good news; for the press, good news is not news.Gloria Borger

The vast possibilities of our great future will become realities only if we make ourselves responsible for that future.Gifford Pinchot