"If I could do anything in my life and be remembered for anything, I would like to be remembered for helping the world see the value of physical engagement with ideas."

-- Margaret Wertheim

#Ideas Quotes #Engagement Quotes #World Quotes

“It's amazing. My kids have grown me in ways I never knew possible. The patience I've received and the love I get from them is just amazing.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“But I would defy anyone to go back over the years and tell me anyone whose career I've ruined, anyone whom I've driven out of the service, anyone I've fired from a job.”
“Good kitchen equipment is expensive, but most items last a lifetime and will pay for themselves over and over again”
“Western traditions of education have emphasized knowledge analysis, description and debate. They all have a part to play, but today there is a whole vast aspect of doing that has just been left out. Operacy is what keeps society going.”
“... the first thing his education demands is the provision of an environment in which he can develop the powers given him by nature. This does not mean just to amuse him and let him do what he likes. But it does mean that we have to adjust our minds to doing a work of collaboration with nature, to being obedient to one of her laws, the law which decrees that development comes from environmental experience.”
“You can only learn by opening yourself up to engage with different sources of information. How can you learn something if you never see it, read it, or hear it?”

Source : FaceBook post by Fran Tarkenton from Jun 03, 2013
“I've enjoyed every age I've been, and each has had its own individual merit. Every laugh line, every scar, is a badge I wear to show I've been present, the inner rings of my personal tree trunk that I display proudly for all to see. Nowadays, I don't want a "perfect" face and body; I want to wear the life I've lived.”
“If my cup won't hold but a pint and yourn holds a quart, wouldn't ye be mean not to let me have my little half-measure full?”

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