Assumpta Academy Quotes & Sayings

Having children is fab. They keep me young and make me get up in the morning. — Jo Brand

Keep friends close but keep enemies closer. — Jane Addams

What we do not earn ourselves," he said, "is never truly ours. It can always be taken away. But even if we lose everything we work for, the achievement is ours forever. — C.W. Gortner

Loss of appetite is one of the first symptoms. When your body hasn't a clue what's going on, it tends to shut down in self-defence. — Jodi Taylor

Some of my fellow academics are very hostile, but I sympathize with them. They've been asleep for 500 years and they don't like anybody who comes along and stirs them up. — Marshall McLuhan

I've taught a college journalism course at two universities where my students taught me more than I did them about how political news is consumed. — Jill Abramson

Abraham Lincoln truly inspired me. It wasn't just the freeing of the slaves, he kept the Union together. Some people even forget that today. What I think inspired me was the fact that in spite of being the President of the United States he retained a certain down-to-earth quality. He never got to be a big shot, and he cared about people. — George H. W. Bush

'Alien' is a great movie. So is 'Close Encounters.' But I'm not the guy who goes out to the science-fiction festival. '2001's good. — David Duchovny

I'm a southern gentleman. — Jamie Foxx