"My father was never very friendly. When I was growing up, I thought the doorbell ringing was a signal to pretend you weren't home."

-- Rita Rudner

#Growing Up Quotes #Father Quotes #Home Quotes

“I believe that Jews and Arabs can live together. It's not an easy thing but I believe we can reach an agreement.”
“It's easier to do Shakespeare than Spelling, and I know that sounds crazy, because the challenge of Shakespeare is living up to Shakespeare, living up to that word, not failing, you know, where with Aaron Spelling it's like, just try to look good. Or maybe don't use Spelling there, that's bad. No - you can. He's dead.”
“When all is said and done we simply must make teaching in this country an honorable profession-since it's in the classrooms of America where the battle for excellence, ultimately, will be won or lost.”

Source : Ernest L. Boyer (1997). “Ernest L. Boyer, Selected Speeches, 1979-1995”, Jossey-Bass
“We pray with our hands and often communicate with them. We use them to eat, work, and make love. We employ them as marvelously sophisticated instruments of flexibility and strength, and when they are damaged, we anguish.”

Source : Keith L. Moore (1992). “Clinically oriented anatomy”
“Responsibility is what awaits outside the Eden of Creativity.”
“I'd like to play for Newcastle United before I retire. The club is in my blood.”
“My mom just told me the lines, because I didn't know how to read yet. I copied them and that's what I did.”

Source : Source: www.vulture.com
“I will admit he is unusual, but that is perhaps the closest I could come to complimenting him.”

Source : Patrick deWitt (2011). “The Sisters Brothers”, p.8, Granta Books

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