Author: Phyllis McGinley

Quotes

Please to put a nickel, please to put a dime. How petitions trickle in at Christmas time!

Please to put a nickel, please to put a dime. How petitions trickle in at Christmas time!

- Phyllis McGinley

Of one thing I am certain, the body is not the measure of healing, peace is the measure.

Of one thing I am certain, the body is not the measure of healing, peace is the measure.

- Phyllis McGinley

In Australia, not reading poetry is the national pastime.

In Australia, not reading poetry is the national pastime.

- Phyllis McGinley

Marriage was all a woman's idea and for man's acceptance of the pretty yoke, it becomes us to be grateful.

Marriage was all a woman's idea and for man's acceptance of the pretty yoke, it becomes us to be grateful.

- Phyllis McGinley

Nothing fails like success; nothing is so defeated as yesterday's triumphant Cause.

Nothing fails like success; nothing is so defeated as yesterday's triumphant Cause.

- Phyllis McGinley

Getting along with men isn't what's truly important. The vital knowledge is how to get along with a man, one man.

Getting along with men isn't what's truly important. The vital knowledge is how to get along with a man, one man.

- Phyllis McGinley

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