"When the rest of the congregation rose at the entrance of the choir he kept his seat. He argued that rising to one's feet at such a time tended to make the choir-boys conceited."

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Source : Isa Bowman (1900). “The Story of Lewis Carroll: Told for Young People by the Real Alice in Wonderland, Miss Isa Bowman”

Isa Bowman

#Time Quotes #Boys Quotes #Conceited Quotes

“Mathematicians need proofs to keep them honest. All technical areas of human activity need reality checks. It is not enough to believe that something works, that it is a good way to proceed, or even that it is true. We need to know why it's true. Otherwise, we won't know anything at all.”

Source : Ian Stewart (2007). “Letters to a Young Mathematician”, p.79, Basic Books
“Leadership is the art of giving people a platform for spreading ideas that work.”
“It is not for us . . . to send out missionaries to foreign peoples; it is our task to build up our own Western culture.”
“Do you know what it's like to like someone so much you can't stand it and know that they'll never feel the same way”
“If plan A fails, remember there are 25 more letters.”
“Any power, of course, depends upon the values of the person exercising the power.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“I'm not one to run around with different girls. I like someone that makes me feel good and that I can make feel good.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“We're all attracted to the perfume of fermenting joy, we've all tried to start a fire, and one day maybe it will blaze up on its own. In the meantime, she is the one today among us most able to bear the idea of her own beauty...”

Source : Tony Hoagland, “Grammar”

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