E. Michael Burke famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

  • If the person you are talking to doesn't appear to be listening, be patient. It may simply be that he has a small piece of fluff in his ear.

  • It is more fun to talk with someone who doesn't use long, difficult words but rather short, easy words like "What about lunch?

  • I should prefer to have a politician who regularly went to a massage parlour than one who promised a laptop computer for every teacher.

  • My dad is a chemical engineer, and my mom was a teacher. They were pretty serious about education, but I always thought about things a little bit differently.

  • All of life is education and everybody is a teacher and everybody is forever a pupil.

  • As civilization advances, the sense of wonder declines. Such decline is an alarming symptom of our state of mind. Mankind will not perish for want of information; but only for want of appreciation.

  • Our lives are filled with meeting wonderful people. Make sure those that have become a part of your life hear your words of appreciation.

  • Gratitude is the appreciation of what is, of life, of existence, of anybody and anything, for just the way it is.

  • When we asked Pooh what the opposite of an Introduction was, he said "The what of a what?" which didn't help us as much as we had hoped, but luckily Owl kept his head and told us that the Opposite of an Introduction, my dear Pooh, was a Contradiction; and, as he is very good at long words, I am sure that that's what it is.

  • When you get to my age life seems little more than one long march to and from the lavatory.

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