"We do not have to get our children to learn; only to allow and encourage them in their learning. We do not have to dictate what they should learn; only to discern and respond to what it is that they are learning. Such responsiveness is at once the most educational and the most loving."

“Most of the gaffes I've made have not been funny - they've been stupid.”

Source : "PBS's Judy Woodruff, Jim Lehrer reflect on prior presidential races". thehill.com. September 8, 2008.

“I've got at least one tiny corner of the universe I can make just the way I want it ...”

“Oh, escape is easy once you have the right plan.' 'Do we have the right plan?' 'Not yet.' 'Do we have any plan?' 'Not yet.”

“No coffee is ever quite as good as it smells ...”

Source : Ngaio Marsh (2016). “Last Ditch: Roderick Alleyn #29”, p.71, Felony & Mayhem Press

“The new idea either finds a champion or it dies. No ordinary involvement with a new idea provides the energy required to cope with the indifference and resistance that change provokes.”

“A dog gladly admits the superiority of his master over himself, accepts his judgment as final, but, contrary to what dog-lovers believe, he does not consider himself as a slave. His submission is voluntary, and he expects his own small rights to be respected.”

Source : Axel Munthe (1930). “The Story of San Michele”

“The Price Is Right can really get me going.”

“I'm getting more and more into Chinese art and Japanese, some of those scroll paintings are amazing. You follow the change of the seasons. It's really something. These guys were great masters and of course the use of space.”