"The newer education put stress on culture ... Saturday mornings, the young were brushed and washed, forced into blue cheviot suits, and dragged to children's concerts to learn appreciation. They wriggled, squirmed, counted the light bulbs in the ceiling, dived under seats to gather ticket stubs, stampeded out at intermissions. The weakness of their bladders was astounding."

-- Zelda Popkin

#Appreciation Quotes #Morning Quotes #Children Quotes

“Many seventh graders I know in Illinois, as well as around the Nation, are studying the Constitution. I was pretty impressed with the quality of education our children are receiving because they had not expected me to ask them about it.”
“I love fresh fruit and vegetables. I'm not a strict dieter. I don't think that anything in life should be so regimented that you're not having fun or can't enjoy like everybody else. Just know that fresh food is always going to be better for you.”
“You need not fear me, for I not only should think it wrong to marry a man that was deficient in sense or in principle, but I should never be tempted to do it; for I could not like him, if he were ever so handsome, and ever so charming, in other respects; I should hate himâ€”despise himâ€”pity himâ€”anything but love him.Â My affections not only ought to be founded on approbation, but they will and must be so: for, without approving, I cannot love.Â It is needless to say, I ought to be able to respect and honour the man I marry, as well as love him, for I cannot love him without.”
“He who overlooks a healthy spot for the site of his house is mad and ought to be handed over to the care of his relations and friends. [Lat., Qui salubrem locum negligit, mente est captus atque ad agnatos et gentiles deducendus.]”

Source : "De Re Rustica". Book by Marcus Terentius Varro, I, 2,
“Knowledge shrinks as wisdom grows.”

Source : Alfred North Whitehead (1967). “Aims of Education”, p.37, Simon and Schuster
“You know, I'm from the South, and I wasn't interested in perpetuating a stereotypical southern character.”
“I never prayed that I would make a putt. I prayed that I would react well if I missed.”
“Behind every piece of bad content is an executive who asked for it.”

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