"The whole trouble with the world is that fools and fanatics are
always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts."
(Bertrand Russell) [Sent by Denis Tanguay]
"There are no such things as visionaries. There are only latecomers."
(Richard Pallascio) [Sent by Denis Tanguay]
"The best things in life aren't things."
(Art Buchwald, American humorist)
"I was so naive as a kid I used to sneak behind the barn and do nothing."
(Johnny Carson, American comedian)
"To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream;
not only plan, but also believe."
(Anatole France) [From Reid Prichett]
"The toughest thing about success is that you've got to keep on being
a success."
(Irving Berlin, American composer)
"Frankly, I don't mind not being president. I just mind that someone else is."
(Edward M. Kennedy, U.S. senator)
"Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in
others belong to us as well."
(Voltaire, philosopher)
"Mathematics is not about answers, it's about processes."
(Robert H. Lewis, mathematician)
"Education isn't rocket science. It's much, much harder."
(Author unknown)
"Every expert was once a beginner."
(Unknown) [From Jo C Dill]
"Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and
finds himself no wiser than before."
(Kurt Vonnegut, American novelist and satirist)
"The true purpose of education is to make minds, not careers."
(Unknown)
"Prejudice is the child of ignorance."
(William Hazlitt, English writer)
"Freedom is the right to tell people what they do not want to hear."
(George Orwell, English author)
"Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but
they have never failed to imitate them."
(James Baldwin, writer and civil rights activist)
"In everyone's life, at some time, the inner fire goes out. It is
then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We
should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner
spirit. "
(Albert Schweitzer) [From Elva Marie Bowens]
"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can
change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has."
(Margaret Mead)
"It is an ironic habit of human beings to run faster when we have
lost our way."
[Rollo May, psychologist (1909-1994)] [From Maureen Zack, via
Connie Kelly]
"I don't care much about music. What I like is sounds."
(Dizzy Gillespie, American jazz composer)
"My husband gave me a necklace. It's fake. I requested fake. Maybe
I'm paranoid, but in this day and age, I don't want something around
my neck that's worth more than my head."
(Rita Rudner, writer and comedian)
"You have to have confidence in your ability, and then be tough
enough to follow through."
(Rosalynn Carter, former first lady)
"It's never too late to give up your prejudices."
(Henry David Thoreau, American author)
"When someone is impatient and says, 'I haven't got all day,' I
always wonder, How can that be? How can you not have all day?"
(George Carlin, American comedian)
"Age is a case of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it don't matter."
(Satchel Paige, Baseball Hall of Famer)
"There are no chaste minds. Minds copulate wherever they meet."
(Eric Hoffer, philosopher and author) [From Mike Contino]
"I care not so much what I am to others as what I am to myself."
(Michel de Montaigne, French author)
"We are continually faced by great opportunities brilliantly
disguised as insoluble problems."
(Lee Iacocca, American industrialist)
"Not everything that can be counted, counts; and not everything that
counts can be counted"
(Albert Einstein) [From Trudy Mitchell]
"A smile is the chosen vehicle for all ambiguities."
(Herman Melville, American author)
"People, even more than things, have to be restored, renewed,
revived, reclaimed and redeemed; never throw out anyone."
(Audrey Hepburn, actress)
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Jerry P. Becker
Dept. of Curriculum & Instruction
Southern Illinois University
625 Wham Drive
Mail Code 4610
Carbondale, IL 62901-4610
Phone: (618) 453-4241 [O]
(618) 457-8903 [H]
Fax: (618) 453-4244
E-mail: jbecker
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