Putting

Famous quotes containing the word putting:

    “Dentopedalogy is the science of opening your mouth and putting your foot in it. I’ve been practising it for years.”
    —Prince Philip (b. 1921)

    “The daily arguments over putting away the toys or practicing the piano defeat us so easily. We see them coming yet they frustrate us time and time again. In many cases, we are mothers and fathers who have managed budgets and unruly bosses and done difficult jobs well through sheer tenacity and dogged preparation. So why are we unable to persuade someone three feet tall to step into six inches of water at bathtime?”
    —Cathy Rindner Tempelsman (20th century)

    “Take motherhood: nobody ever thought of putting it on a moral pedestal until some brash feminists pointed out, about a century ago, that the pay is lousy and the career ladder nonexistent.”
    —Barbara Ehrenreich (b. 1941)