"There's many a bestseller that could have been prevented by a good teacher."

-- Flannery O'Connor

#Funny Quotes #Witty Quotes #Teacher Quotes

“Thousands of men breathe, move, and live; pass off the stage of life and are heard of no more. Why? They did not a particle of good in the world; and none were blest by them, none could point to them as the instrument of their redemption; not a line they wrote, not a word they spoke, could be recalled, and so they perished--their light went out in darkness, and they were not remembered more than the insects of yesterday. Will you thus live and die, O man immortal? Live for something.”
“A lie's true power cannot be accurately measured by the number of people who believe its deception when it is told, it must be measured by the number of people who will go out after hearing it trying to convince others of its truth.”
“My style is very inspired by both my parents, so we all have the same taste.”
“Heart turned to me, his face thoughtÂful. â€œYesÂterÂday mornÂing. Yes, that means that Daphne hadnâ€™t been home for two days beÂfore that.â€ He smiled at me. â€œYou were supÂposed to be the AlÂphaâ€™s eye canÂdy.â€ Adam laughed. â€œWhat?â€ I asked him. â€œYou donâ€™t think Iâ€™d be good eye canÂdy?â€ I looked down at my overÂalls and grease-â€‹stained hands. Iâ€™d torn anÂothÂer nail to the quick. â€œHonÂey is eye canÂdy,â€ said Ben apoloÂgetÂicalÂly. â€œYouâ€™re . . . just you.â€ â€œMine,â€ said Adam, edgÂing beÂtween Heart and me. â€œMine is what she is.”
“Beyond is all abyss, eternity, whose end no eye can reach.”
“Historically, the host nations do well in Euro 2000.”
“Madness doesn't happen to someone alone. Very few people have experiences that are theirs alone.”
“I live not in myself, but I become Portion of that around me: and to me High mountains are a feeling, but the hum of human cities torture.”

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