Quotes by Marcelene Cox

“Our children await Christmas presents like politicians getting in election returns: theres the Uncle Fred precinct and the Aunt Ruth district still to come in”

“A child, like your stomach, doesnt need all you can afford to give it.”

“Being a child at home alone in the summer is a high-risk occupation. If you call your mother at work thirteen times an hour, she can hurt you.”

“A vacation frequently means that the family goes away for a rest, accompanied by a mother who sees that the others get it.”

“If at first you dont succeed, blame your parents”

“Parents are often so busy with the physical rearing of children that they miss the glory of parenthood, just as the grandeur of the trees is lost when raking leaves.”

“Housekeeping is like being caught in a revolving door”

“One sure way to lose another womans friendship is to try to improve her flower arrangements”

“Weather means more when you have a garden. Theres nothing like listening to a shower and thinking how it is soaking in around your green beans.”

“Life begins when a person first realizes how soon it will end”

Trouble like the hill ahead straightens out when you advance upon it.

Parents are often so busy with the physical rearing of children that they miss the glory of parenthood just as the grandeur of the trees is lost when raking leaves.

Happiness is not something you get but something you do.

A bachelor is a man who can take a nap on top of a bedspread.

Weather means more when you have a garden. Theres nothing like listening to a shower and thinking how it is soaking in around your green beans.

It is all right to say exactly what you think if you have learned to think exactly.

The way to achieve happiness is to have a high standard for yourself and a medium one for everyone else.

Too often in ironing out trouble someone gets scorched.

No one knows his true character until he has run out of gas, purchased something on the installment plan and raised an adolescent.

Our children await Christmas presents like politicians getting in election returns: theres the Uncle Fred precinct and the Aunt Ruth district still to come in.