"So what if I don't learn algebra?' 'Someday schools will be open again,' Mom said. 'Things will be normal. You need to do your work now for when that happens.' 'That's never going to happen,' Jon said. 'And even if schools do open up somewhere, they're not going to open up here. There aren't enough people left.' 'We don't know how many people are like us, holed up, making do until times get better.' 'I bet whoever they are, they aren't studying algebra,' Jon said."

-- Susan Beth Pfeffer

#Mom Quotes #School Quotes #People Quotes

“It's important to keep in mind that we never know how something as simple as passing along an idea or asking an important question might impact someone. A first step on the path of being a practical visionary, for example, might begin by having conversations with co-workers, or by simply creating a better atmosphere at work.”

Source : Source: www.huffingtonpost.com
“Single life should be experimental in nature and open to accidents. Some accidents are happy ones.”
“mistakes are really not that big of a deal. in fact , as most of us acknowledge we need to make mistakes in order to learn and grow”

Source : Richard Carlson (2013). “Don't Sweat the Small Stuff with Your Family: Simple Ways to Keep Daily Responsibilities and Household Chaos from Taking Over Your Life”, p.165, Hachette UK
“One has to commit their life to music and not expect to get famous or rich doing it.”

Source : Interview with Elijah Ho, www.thecounterpoints.com. October 16, 2014.
“Is it possible for a man to move the earth? Yes; but he must first find out another earth to stand upon.”
“The slow, the never ending approach to truth consists in perpetually forming and testing hypotheses, accepting those at which at the time seem to fit the facts and rejecting the others.”

Source : "The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion". Book by James G. Frazer, 1890.
“One of the strongest lessons I learned in doing six months of work on retirement topic was how absolutely crucial the Social Security system is for the great mass of Americans. The research of professionals and our own reporting convinced me that many millions of people are not capable of effectively managing the finances for their own retirement.”

Source : Source: www.washingtonpost.com
“Rock 'n' roll is meant to entertain. Hippie folk singers are supposed to be singing about leftist views, but I don't think rock 'n' roll was ever that way. I don't remember the early rock 'n' rollers ever expressing any political views.”

Source : FaceBook post by Johnny Ramone from Feb 25, 2015

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