"In this age of specialization, I sometimes think of myself as the last 'generalist' in economics, with interests that range from mathematical economics down to current financial journalism. My real interests are research and teaching..."

-- Paul Samuelson

#Real Quotes #Teaching Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“I'm allergic to over-promising. I'm allergic to exaggeration, because I've been in schools for a large part of my life, and I still go to schools. What I want is realistic, evidence-based kinds of things that know the history of efforts to individualize instruction and why they flop before, so you can have a much smarter approach to reforming schools, to improve what goes on in classrooms.”

Source : Source: www.pbs.org
“Sometimes I'll listen to a little old Van Halen, or some Beatles, Zeppelin stuff, classical music... I like a lot of different things.”
“Once I got done with my career, I knew in my soul that I don't have any negative thoughts about myself. I just don't because I know you say you can and you say can't, you are right. I try to keep my mind full of really positive stuff.”
“If you think well, you cook well.”
“A blur of blinks, taps, jiggles, pivots and shifts ... the body language of a man wishing urgently to be elsewhere.”
“When you look into the eyes of an animal youve rescued, you cant help but fall in love.”
“A man tends to over-estimate what he can do in one year...and under-estimate what he can do in five.”
“An organizer is a leader who does not lead but gets behind the people and pushes.”

Source : Fred Ross, Sr. “Axioms for Organizers: Trailblazer for Social Justice”, Fred Ross, Sr.

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