WIST Quotations

Diller, Phyllis -- Phyllis Diller’s Housekeeping Hints, ch. 1, epigraph (1966)

Dave — Wed, 20 Dec 2023 22:01:02 +0000

Cleaning your house
While your kids are still growing
Is like shoveling the walk
Before it stops snowing.

Phyllis Diller (1917–2012) American comedian, actor, author, musician
Phyllis Diller’s Housekeeping Hints, ch. 1, epigraph (1966)

Bird, Brad -- “How Pixar Conquered the Planet,” The Guardian (12 Nov 2004)

Dave — Wed, 26 Feb 2020 22:04:57 +0000

I reject that whole point of view — that animation is a children’s medium. The way people talk about it is, well, hey, it’s a good thing I have kids, because now I get to see this. Well, hey, no, man! You can just go and see it. There’s no other art form that is defined in such a narrow way. It’s narrow-minded, and I can’t wait for it to die.

Brad Bird (b. 1957) American director, animator and screenwriter [Phillip Bradley Bird]
“How Pixar Conquered the Planet,” The Guardian (12 Nov 2004)

Kerr, Jean -- Essay (1957-07-27), “Children Really Are Not People,” Saturday Evening Post

Dave — Mon, 31 Aug 2015 12:29:32 +0000

Children are different — mentally, physically, spiritually, quantitatively, qualitatively; and furthermore, they’re all a little bit nuts.

Jean Kerr (1922–2003) American author and playwright [b. Bridget Jean Collins]
Essay (1957-07-27), “Children Really Are Not People,” Saturday Evening Post

Collected as "Where Did You Put the Aspirin?" in Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1957).

Kerr, Jean -- Essay (1957), “How to Get the Best of Your Children,” Please Don’t Eat the Daisies

Dave — Mon, 24 Aug 2015 14:27:41 +0000

The real menace in dealing with a five-year-old is that in no time at all you begin to sound like a five-year-old.

Jean Kerr (1922–2003) American author and playwright [b. Bridget Jean Collins]
Essay (1957), “How to Get the Best of Your Children,” Please Don’t Eat the Daisies

Original magazine publication unknown.

Milne, A. A. -- Winnie-the-Pooh, ch. 7 “Kanga and Baby Roo Come to the Forest” (1926)

Dave — Sun, 01 Feb 2004 16:00:00 +0000

“Look at me jumping” squeaked Roo, and fell into another mouse-hole.

A. A. Milne (1882–1956) English poet and playwright [Alan Alexander Milne]
Winnie-the-Pooh, ch. 7 “Kanga and Baby Roo Come to the Forest” (1926)