Annette Lareau Unequal Childhoods Quotes & Sayings

Decisions by committee are almost always long in coming and dead wrong. A world-changing vision comes from one person, not five or or twenty or a hundred, and more often than not, the best of plans are laid to waste by the many. — Patrick Carman

How could something so seemingly insignificant give someone comfort? A ribbon in a gutter. A pinecone on the street. A button leaning casually against a classroom wall. A flat stone from the river. If nothing else, it showed that she cared, and it might give them something to talk about when Max woke up. When she was alone, she would conduct those conversations.
'So what's all this?' Max would say. 'What's all this junk?'
'Junk?' In her mind,she was sitting on the side of the bed. 'This isn't junk, Max. These are what made you wake up. — Markus Zusak

In one hand I have a restraining order, and in the other I have a Taser. Which would you like to meet first? — John Scalzi

Be nice to nerds,,, one day u might have to work for one — Bill Gates

Whatever happened to the good ole days, when children worked in factories? — Emo Philips