"Instead of being presented with stereotypes by age, sex, color, class, or religion, children must have the opportunity to learn that within each range, some people are loathsome and some are delightful."

-- Margaret Mead

#Sex Quotes #Children Quotes #Acceptance Quotes

“(As a boy) I was listening to Sonny Boy Williamson's (I) records and I would close my eyes and I could visualize myself playing the harp.”
“You don't help a depressed economy by giving control of its resources to politicians.”
“Heroin may be bad, but it sure as hell hasn't hurt my CD collection.”
“Heat radiated off Henry's face. Salty snot ran down his upper lip. A majestic fart propelled him to the top of Section 12, just at the springing of the stadium's curve. He slapped the sign as if high-fiving a teammate. It gave back a game shudder. He was crusing now, darkness be damned, stripping off his sweatshirt and his long underwear top without breaking stride.”
“They offered me one cover about 10 years ago, and I said, no, I can't do it. I'm happy to cover up now.”
“Science is the key which unlocks the storehouses of nature.”
“Either you have a rival or you don't. If you have one, you must please in order to be preferred to him, and if you don't you must still please-in order to avoid having one.”
“These decrees of yours are no different from spiders' webs. They'll restrain anyone weak and insignificant who gets caught in them, but they'll be torn to shreds by people with power and wealth.”

Source : "Greek Lives". Book by Plutarch, translation by Robin Waterfield, p. 50, 1998.

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