Athanate Quotes & Sayings

Standardization of our educational systems is apt to stamp out individualism and defeat the very ends of education by leveling the product down rather than up. — Harvey Cushing

Stupidity is doomed,
therefore, to cringe
at every syllable
of wisdom. — Heraclitus

I've been a schoolteacher. I always try to get the kids to finish talking before the next one starts. — Marion Zimmer Bradley

Leo fell in love with every girl he saw-as long as she was completely out of his league. — Rick Riordan

Mr Ramsay, stumbling along a passage one dark morning, stretched his arms out, but Mrs Ramsay having died rather suddenly the night before, his arms, though stretched out, remained empty. — Virginia Woolf

Sometimes you're only human and you learn. — Curtis Joseph

All troubles come to an end when the ego dies — Ramakrishna

You're hard?" I smile. "Well, you're hot," he says with a shrug. — Samantha Towle

The sun dances in her and she has an immense joy of life — James Clavell

Eternal vigilance, as they say, is the price of freedom. Add intellectual integrity to the cost basis. — Stephen Jay Gould

Time is only the river of memory. — Elaine Neil Orr

The Second Amendment's language and historical and philosophical background demonstrated that it was designed to guarantee individuals the possession of certain kinds of arms for three purposes: (1) crime prevention or what we would today describe as self-defense; (2) national defense; and (3) preservation of individual liberty ... — Don Kates

Where should we go after the last frontiers ?
Where should the birds fly after the last sky ?
Where should the plants sleep after the last breath of air ? — Mahmoud Darwish

This is the gift and the sorrow of the Athanate; to see your loves pass before you like the days of summer while your heart still beats. To keep your vigil in the shadows and rise again with every sun. — Mark Henwick

I found the pearl of the Orient slightly less exciting than a rainy Sunday evening in Rochester. — S.J Perelman