"A human being is a life branching out from God"

“This much we know: Journalism is not a precise science. It's, on its best day, is a crude art. We make mistakes; I make mistakes. With more than 50 years as a journalist, I have at least had the opportunity to blow more stories, make more mistakes than maybe anybody in television.”

“Quintilian [educational writer in Rome around A.D. 100] thought that the earliest years of the child's life were crucial. Education should start earlier than age seven, within the family. It should not be so hard as to give the child an aversion to learning. Rather, these early lessons would take the form of play--that embryonic notion of kindergarten.”

“A fool is very dangerous when in power.”

“President Obama answered questions on YouTube today. He was asked 7,500 times about legalizing marijuana. And that was just from Chad in Portland.”

“Today, President Barack Obama promised to 'detect and pursue' American tax evaders, as opposed to his first 100 days, in which he detected and nominated American tax evaders.”

“Ego: The only thing that can keep growing without nourishment.”

“A red, red rose, all wet with dew, With leaves of green by red shot through.”

Source : E. Nesbit (2013). “Delphi Complete Novels of E. Nesbit”, p.5161, Delphi Classics

“I always begin to compose the melody first.”