Quotes by : Phyllis McGinley

The other day I chanced to meet An angry man upon the street — A man of wrath, a man of war, A man....

The wonderful thing about saints is that they were human. They lost their tempers got hungry scolded....

Nothing fails like success nothing is so defeated as yesterday's triumphant cause.

Not reading poetry amounts to a national pastime here.

It's this no-nonsense side of women that is pleasant to deal with. They are the real sportsmen.

To be a housewife is ... a difficult a wrenching sometimes ungrateful job if it's looked on as only....

Sisters are always drying their hair. Locked into rooms, alone, they pose at the mirror, shoulders bare,....

This is the gist of what I know: Give advice and buy a foe.

God know that a mother need fortitude and courage and tolerance and flexibility and patience and firmness....

For the wonderful thing about saints is that they were human. They lost their tempers got angry scolded....