"I remember when I was a kid in school and teachers would explain things to me about what I read, and I'd think, Where did they get that? I didn't read that in there. Later you look at it and think, That's kind of an interesting idea"

-- Norton Juster

#Teacher Quotes #Kids Quotes #School Quotes

“I've always been interested in our flaws as human beings, just as much as the virtues.”
“A one-night stand that waited three years to tell me I had a son. I needed cash flow fast, It was time to get into the business.”
“I can indeed hardly see how anyone ought to wish Christianity to be true for if so the plain language of the text seems to show that the men who do not believe, and this would include my father, brother and almost all of my friends, will be everlastingly punished. And this is a damnable doctrine.”
“I always liked serve-and-volley players and big athletes”
“No other human being, no woman, no poem or music, book or painting can replace alcohol in its power to give man the illusion of real creation.”
“A lot of ideas get re-used and made part of new songs if the first version didn't cut the mustard, and the stuff that gets left off usually contained the germ of something good but failed to reach a satisfactory state by the recording stage.”

Source : Source: thequietus.com
“Horses frighten me as much as chickens do,â€™ he said. â€˜That is too bad, because lack of communication with horses has impeded human progress,â€™ said Abrenuncio. â€˜If we ever broke down the barriers, we could produce the centaur.”
“To be a friend takes time, and time is what nobody has. Therefore, real friends are rare.”

Source : Robert Massie; Suzanne Massie (1975). “Journey”

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