Webb Decided

Famous quotes containing the words webb and/or decided:

    “Renunciation: that is the great fact we all, individuals and classes, have to learn. In trying to avoid it we bring misery to ourselves and others.”
    —Beatrice Potter Webb (1858–1943)

    “By school age, many boys experience pressure to reveal inner feelings as humiliating. They think their mothers are saying to them, “You must be hiding something shameful.” And shucking clams is a snap compared to prying secrets out of a boy who’s decided to “clam up.””
    —Ron Taffel (20th century)