Ann Haydon Jones

Famous quotes containing the words ann, haydon and/or jones:

    “... one’s self-satisfaction is an untaxed kind of property which it is very unpleasant to find depreciated.”
    —George Eliot [Mary Ann (or Marian)

    “One of the surest evidences of an elevated taste is the power of enjoying works of impassioned terrorism, in poetry, and painting. The man who can look at impassioned subjects of terror with a feeling of exultation may be certain he has an elevated taste.”
    —Benjamin Haydon (1786–1846)

    “I believe that no man who holds a leader’s position should ever accept favors from either side. He is then committed to show favors. A leader must stand alone.”
    —Mother Jones (1830–1930)