In fiction, beauty was
In fiction, beauty was run-of-the-mill. Eileen Favorite
Mills
Observe immigrants not as
Observe immigrants not as they come travel-wan up the gang-plank, nor as they issue toil-begrimed from the pit’s mouth or mill-gate, but in their gatherings, washed, combed, and in their Sunday best…. They are hirsute, low-browed, big-faced persons of obviously low mentality… They simply look out of place in black clothes and stiff collar, since … Read more
Much can they praise
Much can they praise the trees so straight and high, The sailing pine,the cedar proud and tall, The vine-prop elm, the poplar never dry, The builder oak, sole king of forests all, The aspin good for staves, the cypress funeral, The laurel, meed of mighty conquerors And poets sage, the fir that weepest still, The … Read more
[History is] that terrible
[History is] that terrible mill in which sawdust rejoins sawdust. Edith Sitwell
Away from the tumult
Away from the tumult of motor and mill I want to be care-free; I want to be still! I’m weary of doing things; weary of words I want to be one with the blossoms and birds. Edgar Guest
My first job was
My first job was with an auto plant, Kansas City – they treated you like slaves. From there I went back to Chicago, worked in steel mills, drove a cab, stuff like that. Ed Asner
Though the mills of
Though the mills of God grind slowly, yet they grind exceeding small. Friedrich von Logau
My mother was an
My mother was an English teacher who decided to become a math teacher, and she used me as a guinea pig at home. My father had been a math teacher and then went to work at a steel mill because, frankly, he could make more money doing that. Freeman A. Hrabowski III
Euler calculated the force
Euler calculated the force of the wheels necessary to raise the water in a reservoir … My mill was carried out geometrically and could not raise a drop of water fifty yards from the reservoir. Vanity of vanities! Vanity of geometry! Frederick The Great
Human envy is certainly
Human envy is certainly not one of the sources of discontent that a free society can eliminate. It is probably one of the essential conditions for the preservation of such a society that we do not countenance envy, not sanction its demands by camouflaging it as social justice, but treat it, in the words of … Read more