Beyond The Blackboard Memorable Quotes & Sayings

Well, I needed the work - that's the honest answer. I haven't worked for a while, a couple of years. So I thought it would be nice to get back to work and earn some money. — Gary Oldman

The very greatest things - great thoughts, discoveries, inventions - have usually been nurtured in hardship, often pondered over in sorrow, and at length established with difficulty. — Samuel Smiles

Every country has criminals who have to be fought. They can exist anywhere, including the government or the army - or outside the government and army. — Bashar Al-Assad

Meditation means awareness. Whatsoever you do with awareness is meditation. Action is not the question, but the quality that you bring to your action. Walking can be a meditation if you walk alertly. Sitting can be a meditation if you sit alertly. Listening to the birds can be a meditation if you listen with awareness. Just listening to the inner noise of your mind can be a meditation if you remain alert and watchful. The whole point is: one should not move in sleep. Then whatsoever you do is meditation. — Rajneesh

There are only two families in the world, my old grandmother used to say, the Haves and the Have-nots. — Miguel De Cervantes

Especially the transcendental philosophy needs the leaven of humor to render it light and digestible. — Henry David Thoreau

I don't do anything on stage that allows me to become a trained seal, where you're just doing the same thing over and over. — Arlo Guthrie