Ron Dart famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

  • True, a little learning is a dangerous thing, but it still beats total ignorance.

  • Upon the subject of education ... I can only say that I view it as the most important subject which we as a people may be engaged in.

  • Nothing in a graduate degree in art history prepares you for the eloquence of the eraser.

  • I am sure it is one's duty as a teacher to try to show boys that no opinions, no tastes, no emotions are worth much unless they are one's own. I suffered acutely as a boy from the lack of being shown this.

  • 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.

  • It can hardly be argued that either students or teachers shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression at the schoolhouse gate.

  • Clay lies still, but blood's a rover; Breath's aware that will not keep. Up, lad: when the journey's over then there'll be time enough to sleep.

  • Hope lies to mortals And most believe her, But man's deceiver Was never mine.

  • When something important is going on, silence is a lie.

  • I have known men to hazard their fortunes, go long journeys halfway about the world, forget friendships, even lie, cheat, and steal, all for the gain of a book.