"I am a teacher... The life I lead is the most agreeable I can imagine. [In the] classroom ... there await me a group of intelligent and curious young ... [people] who read the books assigned them with a sense of adventure and discovery, discuss them with zest, and listen appreciatively to explications I may offer. What makes the process most satisfying is the conviction that ... education is mankind's most important enterprise."

-- Moses Hadas

#Education Quotes #Teacher Quotes #Book Quotes

“Dave was great in Van Halen. No question about it. He was one of the best at being Mr. Rock Star. But it's sickening to see a guy still trying to be that with a wig on 20 years later.”
“When a place advertises itself as 'World Famous,' you may be sure it isn't.”
“Spero Speroni explains admirably how an author who writes very clearly for himself is often obscure to his readers. "It is," he says, "because the author proceeds from the thought to the expression, and the reader from the expression to the thought.”
“You are back, Cam. Which means for the first time since you left, it's okay for us to be mad at you for leaving. - Macey”
“I've not got a first in philosophy without being able to muddy things pretty satisfactory.”
“Anytime you bring Michael Olowokandi on to your team, disaster is soon to follow.”
“In my kids school, the married family is an anomaly which I do think is sad. I do believe in marriage.”
“Writers, because they write, are condemned never to be readers of their own stories...The memory of first putting a story into words will always prevent writers from reading their work as an ordinary reader would.”

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