"There is growing consensus that new parents need help--information, advice, practical assistance--and that infants and toddlers need stimulation as well as care and nurture."

“In the world of words the imagination is one of the forces of nature.”

Source : Wallace Stevens (1997). “Collected Poetry and Prose”

“I really like directors who give you a certain amount of autonomy because I think a lot about my characters and I think a lot about scenes and choices.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

“The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated."Mark McCormack, Author and sports entrepreneur"Psychologists tell us that money is a satisfier, not a motivator... Recognition is. That's why we do what we do... Recognition is critical to self-esteem. Without it, we feel undervalued, even insignificant. Money is nice, sure. But once you establish a basis of monetary rewards, without the accompanying verbal and social affirmation, the employee will quickly become disgruntled and ask for more. Eventually, more will never be enough.”

Source : Letter to his class at Radcliffe College, 6 Apr. 1896, in Letters (1920) vol. 2, p. 33

“In some ways, what I need is a wife.”

“There's nothin like a trail of ßlooÐ to finÐ your way ßack home”

“I have always had school sickness, as others have seasickness. I cried when it was time to go back to school long after I was old enough to be ashamed of such behavior.”

“See the opportunity in the misstep.”

“They are not only idle who do nothing, but they are idle also who might be better employed.”