"I have many who keep me going, I am very fortunate in this sense. There is nothing like a child who knows more about your books than you do!"

--

Source : Source: www.teachingbooks.net

Floyd Cooper

#Children Quotes #Book Quotes #Knows Quotes

“On eyes that watch as well as eyes that weep Descends the solemn mystery of sleep, Toiling and climbing to the very close, The weary Body, longing for repose, On the gained level of the day's ascent, Halts for the night and pitches there its tent.”

Source : Abraham Coles (1866). “The Microcosm: A Poem, Read Before the Medical Society of New Jersey at Its Centenary Anniversary: with the Address Delivered as President, Jan. 24, 1866”, p.48
“When everything is for 'fun' nothing is for the good.”
“If wealth was the inevitable result of hard work and enterprise, every woman in Africa would be a millionaire.”

Source : "The 1% are the very best destroyers of wealth the world has ever seen" by George Monbiot, www.theguardian.com. November 7, 2011.
“Quite simply, there can be no popular sovereignty without a real belief in the value of government. If government does not assume and carry out public responsibilities, less accountable institutions such as the corporation will do the job in their own self-interest.”
“We wanted to have in Lotus Eaters something that looks really beautiful on the outside but is not necessarily on the inside. There's a lot of superficial references. I remember we were looking at Helmut Newton's photographs - they just look so glossy and beautiful, but you look closely and you can see the cellulite.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“UNNATURAL CAUSES tears back the veil to show the socio-economic and racial inequities in health as well as the public policies that underpin them. Should be required viewing.”
“I like rock and roll t-shirts, tight jeans, and sneakers or boots. Really just laid back, sort of rock and roll. I'm a sneaker person. I don't really like to wear high heels. I'm always really paranoid when I'm on stage playing guitar that I'm going to trip over one of the cords when I'm prancing around so I have on wedges or shoes that are not too high.”

Source : Source: www.seventeen.com
“I love swimming, swimming's my passion and I hope I swim until the last day of my life, so I really, really do enjoy swimming, but swimming for me is simply a way of carrying a message.”

You may also like:

E. B. Lewis
Illustrator
Eloise Greenfield
Author
Kadir Nelson
Artist
Nikki Grimes
Author
Patricia Lee Gauch
Author