"The lessons one learns at school are not always the ones the school thinks it's teaching."

-- Salman Rushdie

#Teaching Quotes #School Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“Boredom is your window on the properties of time that one tends to ignore to the likely peril of one's mental equilibrium. It is your window on time's infinity. Once this window opens, don't try to shut it; on the contrary, throw it wide open.”
“Understanding a person does not mean condoning; it only means that one does not accuse him as if one were God or a judge placed above him.”
“Innocence in genius, and candor in power, are both noble qualities.”
“I do find myself drawn more to pieces that I feel are wrestling with the way that we're living now, what we're all going through.”
“Debts grow and grow. And the more they grow, the more they shrink the economy. When you shrink the economy, you shrink the ability to pay the debts, so it's all an illusion that the system can be saved. The question is, how long are people going to be willing to live in this illusion?”

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“Sometimes people try to read into my strip and find out what my state of mind is. And I can say if I'm in a good mood, generally the comic strip starts out in a good mood, but the punchline is very negative and sour.”
“Southerners have been known to stay over the Fourth and not get home before Thanksgiving. Some oldtimers take in overnight guests and keep them through three generations.”
“Faith's speculations to the worst and hardest, in point of resolution, are sweet.”

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