"The trouble with being a daydreamer who doesnâ€™t say much is that the teachers at school, especially those who donâ€™t know you very well, are likely to think youâ€™re rather stupid. Or, if not stupid, then dull. No one can see the amazing things that are going on in your head."

-- Ian Mcewan

#Teacher Quotes #Stupid Quotes #School Quotes

“How unconvincing. Try again.”
“Did all the lets and bars appear To every just or larger end, Whence should come the trust and cheer? Youth must its ignorant impulse lend-- Age finds place in the rear. All wars are boyish, and are fought by boys, The champions and enthusiasts of the state”
“If the next time our governments propose to make war on a helpless civilian population we were to uncover our grief and guilt instead of our anger, how much difference might we make?”
“You fog the mind, you stir the soul.”

Source : Song: Somewhere Down The Crazy River, Album: Robbie Robertson, 1987
“As any change must begin somewhere, it is the single individual who will experience it and carry it through. The change must indeed begin with an individual; it might be any one of us. Nobody can afford to look round and to wait for somebody else to do what he is loath to do himself.”
“I've never been good in the financial and business arenas. I handle the creative side of things”
“I'm a car guy! I have a Ford Escape with Ecoboost for most days. On other days I love to drive my 356A, my early 911, or my '72 Dino GT. It all depends on my mood, what road, how far, and who's with me.”

Source : Source: inhabitat.com
“A cheese may disappoint. It may be dull, it may be naive, it may be oversophisticated. Yet it remains cheese, milk's leap toward immortality.”

Source : Any Number Can Play (1957) p. 105

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