"Monkeys who very sensibly refrain from speech, lest they should be set to earn their livings."

-- Kenneth Grahame

#Speech Quotes #Monkeys Quotes #Should Quotes

“If our society were truly to appreciate the significance of children's emotional ties throughout the first years of life, it would no longer tolerate children growing up or parents having to struggle in situations which could not possibly nourish healthy growth.”
“Iâ€™ve worked with volunteers before,â€ he began. â€œItâ€™s important not toâ€¦ not to treat them like servants. We may feel that they are laboring to obtain a heavenly reward, and should therefore work harder than they would for money; but they donâ€™t necessarily take that attitude. They feel theyâ€™re working for nothing, and doing a great kindness to us thereby; and if we seem ungrateful they will work slowly and make mistakes. It will be best to rule them with a light touch.”
“I really don't feel any strong allegiance to any country.”
“Three tomatoes are walking down the street-a poppa tomato, a mamma tomato, and a little baby tomato. Baby tomato starts lagging behind. Poppa tomato gets angry, goes over to the baby tomato, and smooshes him and says, Catch up.”
“We can learn that reward comes in creation and re-creation, no just in the consumption of the world around us. Active participation in the process of creation is our right and our privilege. We can learn to measure the success of our ideas not by our bank accounts by their impact on the world.”
“I sure don't think of myself as a fat person, just someone who carries extra weight. I've never seen anyone on the DL with pulled fat.”
“Sometimes your best isn't good enough”

Source : Kersten Hamilton (2010). “Tyger Tyger: A Goblin Wars Book”, p.272, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“â€¦that's what old people are here for, â€” else their experience is of little use.”

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