833 School Quotes & Sayings

Those who live by the sea can hardly form a single thought of which the sea would not be part. — Hermann Broch

He stands on the stone table and selects a large fig, bites into the skin, then opens it with his fingers. He thinks of a woman's sex, ancient and eternal, no young girl would have such gritty sweetness. Was this not perhaps the fruit that got Adam and Eve thrown out of Eden? Who would want to give up an unblemished state of immortality for the insipid apple? — Achmat Dangor

We wound up with one hundred and thirty kilos of Vermont Cheddar in the evidence lockup," Miller said. "Street value that would have probably bought someone their own ship. It had disappeared by the end of the day. We wrote it up as lost to spoilage. No one said a word, as long as everyone went home with a brick. — James S.A. Corey

I'm not always angry. In fact, I think I usually go out of my way to try to find roles that don't seem to be like me. — Campbell Scott

in the sentiment of Mahatma Gandhi, when we practice the law of an eye for an eye, we all end up blind. — Desmond Tutu

I hated school ... One of the reasons was a learning disability, dyslexia, which no one understood at the time. I still can't spell ... — Loretta Young

Evolution has encountered no intellectual trouble; no new arguments have been offered. Creationism is a home-grown phenomenon of American sociocultural history-a splinter movement ... who believe that every word in the Bible must be literally true, whatever such a claim might mean. — Stephen Jay Gould

said, "Is it so hard to believe anyone could love you, Eris? Is it so hard to believe I could fall for you just because you're you? You're everything I could ever want. You're pure and brave and honest and strong, you're quick and intelligent and dedicated. You take nothing for granted and yet you live life on your own terms. If all of that isn't enough, we can discuss what you do to me — S.K. Epperson

I have a, shall we say, morbid personality. — Novala Takemoto

We travellers are in very hard circumstances. If we say nothing but what has been said before us, we are dull and have observed nothing. If we tell anything new, we are laughed at as fabulous and romantic. — Mary Wortley Montagu

Why do people always assume that volume will succeed when logic won't? - Damon — L.J.Smith