"Every time you stop a school, you will have to build a jail. What you gain at one end you lose at the other. It's like feeding a dog on his own tail. It won't fatten the dog."

-- Mark Twain

#Education Quotes #Dog Quotes #School Quotes

“In a city where you walk around, it's impossible to plan your day and your life as accidents will happen, you'll overhear things, bump into people, and take unexpected turns”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Vampires are such prima donnas,”
“Increasingly, those who used to teach and write critical or theoretical texts are writing fiction, poetry and so on; and kinds of texts are being produced that call for budding readers rather different from those who studied literature in the past.”
“Customs may not be as wise as laws, but they are always more popular.”
“Ever since the arrival of printing - thought to be the invention of the devil because it would put false opinions into people's minds - people have been arguing that new technology would have disastrous consequences for language.”

Source : "2b or not 2b?" by David Crystal, www.theguardian.com. July 4, 2008.
“Even after the greatest defeats, the depressing thought of being a failure is best combated by taking stock of all your past achievements.”

Source : hans selye (1974). “stress without distress”
“Some people have this impression of me: 'Boy, he's always so serious on the field. Football. Football. Football.”
“Boredom is the dream bird that hatches the egg of experience. A rustling in the leaves drives him away.”

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