Author: Robert Frost

There is one thing more exasperating than a wife who can cook and won’t, and that’s a wife who can’t cook and will.

(1874 – 1963) American poet
Cooking Food/Drink Marriage Wives

Forgive, O Lord, my little jokes on Thee

And I’ll forgive the allergies.

(1874 – 1963) American poet
Health

The world is full of willing people; some willing to work, the rest willing to let them.

(1874 – 1963) American poet
People Work

Jury: Twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer.

(1874 – 1963) American poet
Definitions Government Law Lawyers

A bank is a place where they lend you an umbrella in fair weather and ask for it back when it rains.

(1874 – 1963) American poet
Money Science/Weather

The brain is a wonderful organ; it starts working when you get up in the morning, and doesn't stop until you get into office.

(1874 – 1963) American poet
Government Intelligence Work

A person will sometimes devote all his life to the development of one part of his body – the wishbone.

(1874 – 1963) American poet
Life Time

Time and Tide wait for no man, but time always stands still for a woman of thirty.

(1874 – 1963) American poet
Age Men Time Women

The best way out is always through.

(1874 – 1963) American poet
Miscellaneous

A liberal is a man too broadminded to take his own side in a quarrel.

(1874 – 1963) American poet
Characteristics Conflict Government Politics

There is one thing more exasperating than a wife who can cook and won’t, and that’s a wife who can’t cook and will.

(1874 – 1963) American poet
Cooking Food/Drink Marriage Wives

Hell is a half-filled auditorium.

(1874 – 1963) American poet
Entertainment Situations

Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper.

(1874 – 1963) American poet
Characteristics Education Learning

Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired.

(1874 – 1963) American poet
Emotions Love

A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman’s birthday but never remembers her age.

(1874 – 1963) American poet
Government Memory Situations

It’s God, I recognized him from Blake’s picture.

(1874 – 1963) American poet
Insults

In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goes on.

(1874 – 1963) American poet
Life Time

By working faithfully eight hours a day, you may get to be a boss and work twelve hours a day.

(1874 – 1963) American poet
Success Time Work

Writing free verse is like playing tennis with the net down.

(1874 – 1963) American poet
Communication Reading/Writing

The reason why worry kills more people than work is that more people worry than work.

(1874 – 1963) American poet
Death Work

It’s a funny thing that when a man hasn’t anything on earth to worry about, he goes off and gets married.

(1874 – 1963) American poet
Marriage Men People