John Howard Payne quotes

“Mid pleasures and palaces though we may roam, Be it ever so humble, There's no place like home.”
-- John Howard Payne

Source : Gabriel Harrison, John Howard Payne (1875). “The life and writing of John Howard Payne”

#Daughter Quotes #Mother Quotes #Home Quotes

“An exile from home splendour dazzles in vain,Oh give me my lowly thatched cottage again;The birds singing gayly, that came at my call,Give me them, and that peace of mind dearer than all.”
-- John Howard Payne

Source : John Howard Payne, “Home, Sweet Home”

#Home Quotes #Giving Quotes #Bird Quotes

“There's no place like home, there's no place like home”
-- John Howard Payne

Source : John Howard PAYNE (Dramatist.) (1823). “Clari, or The Maid of Milan, an opera [in three acts].”, p.8

#Home Quotes

“I can't stress how much my daughter is an inspiration to stay sober. When I come home and she opens those big blue eyes at me, it's the most amazing feeling I could ever feel.”

“I have a daughter who I love very much, I hire women, I've worked with women, I've never had an issue with women.”

“The reason why you know more funny dudes than funny chicks is that dudes are funnier than chicks. If my daughter has a mediocre sense of humor, I'm just gonna tell her, 'Be a staff writer for a sitcom. Because they'll have to hire you, they can't really fire you, and you don't have to produce that much. It'll be awesome.'”

“If one day I have a daughter and my daughter wants to be a model, I would never let her!”

“It was like we were exchanging codes, on how to be a father and a daughter, like we'd read about it in a manual, translated from another language, and were doing our best with what we could understand.”

“They wrapped her up like a baby burrito to show to Mom. Here were a mother and her daughter and I love them both so much. I couldn't wait for Courtney to come to the hospital so I could have all my women together.”

Source : Al Roker (2001). “Don't Make Me Stop This Car: Adventures in Fatherhood”, Fireside

“Music is language itself. It should not have any barriers of caste, creed, language or anything. Music is one, only cultures are different. Music is the language of languages. It is the ultimate mother of languages.”

“Before you count the profit, count the cost of a working mother.”

“…words have been all my life, all my life--this need is like the Spider's need who carries before her a huge Burden of Silk which she must spin out--the silk is her life, her home, her safety--her food and drink too--and if it is attacked or pulled down, why, what can she do but make more, spin afresh, design anew….”

“Were you already here?" he asked. "Yeah." "Didn't you just bring her home from work two hours ago?" "Yeah." Tripp chuckled and shook his head. "Did you even leave?" "No.”