We bore ourselves in order to earn money that we'll later spend on trying to de-bore ourselves
Progress. There's a good deal too much o' this progress about nowadays, an', what's more, it'll have to stop.
Teachers have power. We may cripple them by petty economics; by Government regulations, by the foolish criticism of an uninformed press; but their power exists for good or evil.
the ruder lecturers are, and the louder their voices, the more converts they make to their opinions.
Remorse. . . is one of the many afflictions for which time finds a cure.
The greatest mercy, I have often thought, of the Mediterranean coast lies in its mosquitoes. Did we not suffer from their unwelcome attention, we could not bear our holidays to end.
Everybody's tragedy is somebody's nuisance.
If there is anything in the universe that can't stand discussion, let it crack.
When one child says to another, "I can do this, I bet you can't"; "My dad has a bigger car than yours"; or, "My dad is stronger than yours. " Children identify with this or that, trying to build up a sense of self - a mentally defined sense of self.
Point shoes are torture devices.
You have to believe in what you do in order to get what you want.