"Some parents let their kids sleep at other people's houses, where they drink alcohol, watch TV for hours and God knows what else. But if you say you have to get all A's and practice the violin for two hours, then they consider that abusive. That upsets me."

-- Amy Chua

#Sleep Quotes #Kids Quotes #Practice Quotes

“I was a radical, a revolutionist. I am still a revolutionistâ€¦I am glad I was in the Stonewall riot. I remember when someone threw a Molotov cocktail, I thought, â€œMy god, the revolution is here. The revolution is finally here!”
“In a chemistry class there was a guy sitting in front of me doing what looked like a jigsaw puzzle or some really weird kind of thing. He told me he was writing a computer program.”
“I used to think that diamonds were a girl's best friend, but now I realize it's carbohydrates. Seriously, I have a French baguette at home sporting a matching friendship bracelet.”
“Everybody who says the same words is the same person if the spectra are the same only they happen differently in time, you dig? But the time is arbitrary. You pick your zero point anywhere you want, that way you can shuffle each person's time line sideways till they all coincide.”
“There are no unnatural or supernatural phenomenon, only very large gaps in our knowledge of what is natural... we should strive to fill those gaps of ignorance.”
“Only optimists commit suicide, optimists who no longer succeed at being optimists. The others, having no reason to live, why would they have any to die?”
“An agreeable companion on a journey is as good as a carriage.”
“People who bite the hand that feeds them usually lick the boot that kicks them.”

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