quotes for students
Judges are but men, and are swayed like other men by vehement prejudices. This is corruption in reality, give it whatever other name you please. ~David Dudley Field
Injury, when it is slight, upsets me; when it is strong it calms me. ~Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin
Maintenance is as much art as it is science. ~Author Unknown
You do not lead by hitting people over the head. That's assault, not leadership. ~Dwight D. Eisenhower
Poetry is perfect verbs hunting for elusive nouns. ~J. Patrick Lewis, www.jpatricklewis.com
Our profession is the only one which works unceasingly to annihilate itself. ~Martin H. Fischer
The best time to make friends is before you need them. ~Ethel Barrymore
Nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the mind as a steady purpose - a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye. ~Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Frankenstein, 1818
Censorship offends me. ~Author Unknown
Anything we tell our kids about life is a placemarker until they figure it out for themselves. ~Robert Brault, www.robertbrault.com
Before borrowing money from a friend, decide which you need most. ~American Proverb
Wear a smile - one size fits all. ~Author Unknown
Look at the trees, look at the birds, look at the clouds, look at the stars... and if you have eyes you will be able to see that the whole existence is joyful. Everything is simply happy. Trees are happy for no reason; they are not going to become prime ministers or presidents and they are not going to become rich and they will never have any bank balance. Look at the flowers - for no reason. It is simply unbelievable how happy flowers are. ~Osho
You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist. ~Attributed to both Golda Meir and Indira Gandhi
It is a tiresome way of speaking, when you should despatch the business, to beat about the bush. ~Plautus
Promises may fit the friends, but non-performance will turn them into enemies. ~Benjamin Franklin
I got a sewing machine for my husband! Good trade, huh? ~Author Unknown
It is not how busy you are, but why you are busy - the bee is praised, the mosquito is swatted. ~Author Unknown
You gotta be a man to play baseball for a living, but you gotta have a lot of little boy in you, too. ~Roy Campanella
Bragging may not bring happiness, but no man having caught a large fish goes home through an alley. ~Author Unknown