"There is no place for nostalgia in a progressive world. The new school not only ignores nostalgia, but condemns it. The world of yesterday is becoming an isolated world of remembrances and echoes so forbidden that, to decorate the present with it, you must often do so with a sense of humor or belong to a select group."

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Source : Eric Sloane (1956). “American Yesterday. [With illustrations.]”, New York : W. Funk

Eric Sloane

#School Quotes #Echoes Quotes #Yesterday Quotes

“The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others.”
“Assumptions are unopened windows that foolish birds fly into, and their broken bodies are evidence gathered too late.”

Source : Bryan Davis (2012). “Liberator”, p.141, Zondervan
“He was an embittered atheist, the sort of atheist who does not so much disbelieve in God as personally dislike Him.”
“An acoustic show is all about you, and any little nuance or mistake is amplified.”
“There are many things which may not be uttered by men in threadbare coats.”
“Look, I am not worried about Washington cutting too much spending too fast. I mean, the kinds of spending cuts we're talking about just right now are $100 billion out of a $3.7 trillion budget.”
“When you buy bananas all you want is the fruit not the skin, but you have to pay for the skin also. It is a waste. And you the customer should not have to pay for the waste.”
“There is no Jesus without Judas, no Martin Luther King, Jr., without the Klan; no Ali without Joe Frazier; no freedom without tyranny. No wisdom exists that does not include perspective. Relativity is the greatest gift.”

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