Benchmarks In Education Quotes & Sayings

But the only important thing in a book is the meaning it has for you; it may have other and much more profound meanings for the critic, but at second-hand they can be of small service to you. — W. Somerset Maugham

The heart of standing is that you cannot fly. — William Empson

Genetics doesn't ensure love, or even like, time and effort do. — Kim Holden

There comes a time in the seeker's life when he discovers that he is at once the lover and the beloved. — Sri Chinmoy

I'm in love with my corporate girlfriend,
with the Cyclops heart — Phil Volatile

Arbitrary benchmarks cheat kids out of a fulfilling education. — James Dyson

As the saying goes, if what you learn leads to knowledge, you become a fool; but if what you learn leads to action, you can become wealthy. — Anthony Robbins

It is a rather risky matter to discuss a happiness that has no need of words. — Yukio Mishima

Britain is a very small country with a very large press. — David Hockney

The bodies of the damned shall be crowded together in hell, like grapes in a wine-press, which press one another till they burst; every distinct sense and organ shall be assailed with its own appropriate and most exquisite sufferings. — Jeremy Taylor

The classic war movies of the post-Vietnam era have generally taken on grand, philosophical themes: the meaninglessness of war, the grinding down of man by the machine - the machine being war itself, represented by someone like Gunnery Sergeant Hartman in 'Full Metal Jacket,' the sadistic marine who turns his boys into instruments of death. — Hanna Rosin

Nike is the uniform for kids all over the world, and African design has been killed by Nike. Africans no longer want to wear their own designs. — M.I.A.