"If a little less time was devoted to the translation of letters by Julius Caesar describing Britain 2000 years ago and a little more time was spent on teaching children how to describe (in simple modern English) the method whereby ethylene was converted into polythene in 1933 in the ICI laboratories at Northwich, and to discussing the enormous social changes which have resulted from this discovery, then I believe that we should be training future leaders in this country to face the world of tomorrow far more effectively than we are at the present time."

-- Ronald Sydney Nyholm

#Country Quotes #Children Quotes #Teaching Quotes

“Some forms of absolutism are not bad; they may even be heroic.”
“The determined scholar and the man of virtue will not seek to live at the expense of injuring their virtue. They will even sacrifice their lives to preserve their virtue complete.”
“You are what you are most profoundly thankful for, and what you love.”
“Bread has been made (indifferent) from potatoes; And galvanism has set some corpses grinning, But has not answer'd like the apparatus Of the Humane Society's beginning, By which men are unsuffocated gratis: What wondrous new machines have late been spinning.”
“I knew it would break his heart if I didn't go into the business.”
“For years mental health professionals taught people that they could be psychologically healthy without social support, that â€œunless you love yourself, no one else will love you.â€â€¦The truth is, you cannot love yourself unless you have been loved and are loved. The capacity to love cannot be built in isolation”

Source : Bruce D. Perry, Maia Szalavitz (2017). “The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog: And Other Stories from a Child Psychiatrist's Notebook--What Traumatized Children Can Teach Us About Loss, Love, and Healing”, p.220, Hachette UK
“Who lent the Greeks the most money? It was German banks, and for a long time, they were profiting from it quite nicely.”

Source : Source: uk.businessinsider.com
“In his farewell address, George Washington warned the people about political parties. Now we see how both Democrats and Republicans have conspired to reduce democratic participation. If this is the best the Democrats and Republicans have to offer, it's time to look elsewhere.Politics should be the prism for our most noble intentions.”

You may also like: