Quotemeal: Dec. 3rd, 1957

Tuesday, December 3, 1957

"Why can't we build orphanages next to homes for the aged? If someone's sitting in a rocker, it won't be long before a kid will be in his lap."
— Cloris Leachman

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"Of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these: "It might have been!""
— John Greenleaf Whittier —
"The tasks connected with the home are the fundamental tasks of humanity."
— Theodore Roosevelt —
"Any woodsman can tell you that in a broken and sundered nest, one can hardly expect to find more than a precious few whole eggs. So it is with the family."
— Thomas Jefferson —
"Tied to the value of the person is the principle of servanthood. We value what we freely serve."
— Douglas Groothuis —

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Illustration of Cloris Leachman — "Why can't we build orphanages next to homes for the aged? If someone's sitting in a rocker, it won't be long before a kid will be in his lap."

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