We are a family of philosophers with witty turns of expression. Here are a few such pearls.
on money
"If you don't have it, don't spend it.
If you do have it, don't talk about it."
George L. Alexander, banker
on arguments
"It's like driving a nail into a post.
You can pull the nail out,
but the post is never the same."
Nancy Smith McCullough, mother of seven
on stepping out
"A girl should never go out with her fascinator."
Anna May Hawley
(by a fascinator she meant a scarf )
on the Dupont family
"A perfectly nice middle-class family
-- French, of course."
Claudia Wright Lea Phelps
on riots
"Never watch a riot. Either get in or get out."
Nancy Alexander Wilds, after Kent State, May 4, 1970
on family migrations
"They kept the roads hot."
Martha Purdy