Boaler Quotes & Sayings

What we have in us of the image of God is the love of truth and justice. — Demosthenes

I started doing improv when I was 8 years old, so it's always been in my life. I would feel naked without it. — Jillian Bell

A lot of scientific evidence suggests that the difference between those who succeed and those who don't is not the brains they were born with, but their approach to life, the messages they receive about their potential, and the opportunities they have to learn. — Jo Boaler

First, it's okay to be sad. It's okay to feel things. Remember that. Second, be a kid for as long as you can. Play games, Travis. Be silly" - her eyes glossed over - "and you and your brothers take care of each other, and your father. Even when you grow up and move away, it's important to come home. Okay?"
My head bobbed up and down, desperate to please her.
"One of these days you're going to fall in love, son. Don't settle for just anyone. Choose the girl that doesn't come easy, the one you have to fight for, and then never stop fighting. Never" - she took a deep breath - "stop fighting for what you want. And never" - her eyebrows pulled in - "forget that Mommy loves you. Even if you can't see me." A tear fell down her cheek. "I will always, always love you. — Jamie McGuire

HUMANS HAVE A GIFT TO EXPRESS THEIR LOVE TO OTHERS AND THEREFORE IT MUST BE WASTED FOR ATTRACTIONS AND INFATUATIONS. — A Human

Life must be a constant education; one must learn everything, from speaking to dying. — Gustave Flaubert

Every time a student makes a mistake in math, they grow a synapse." There — Jo Boaler

When an official report in the UK was commissioned to examine the mathematics needed in the workplace, the investigator found that estimation was the most useful mathematical activity. Yet when children who have experienced traditional math classes are asked to estimate, they are often completely flummoxed and try to work out exact answers, then round them off to look like an estimate. This is because they have not developed a good feel for numbers, which would allow them to estimate instead of calculate, and also because they have learned, wrongly, that mathematics is all about precision, not about making estimates or guesses. Yet both are at the heart of mathematical problem solving. — Jo Boaler

Companies should be able to share specific threat information with the government without the prospect of lawsuits hanging over their head. — Leon Panetta

The money is great, no way am I complaining. — David Wells

I haven't counted, obviously, but I reckon I've lost over a year and a half of my career through injury so far. — Jamie Redknapp

If my arm trembles, it is because it has never been held by a pretty little hand like yours. I am a complete stranger to women; that is, I have never been used to them. You see, I am alone ... I don't even know how to talk to them. — Fyodor Dostoyevsky

There is a place that you are to fill and no one else can fill, something you are to do, which no one else can do. — Florence Scovel Shinn

HLADE'S LAW:

If you have a difficult task give it to a lazy man - he will find an easier way to do it. — Arthur Bloch

I work with a lot of mathematicians, and one thing I notice about them is that they are not particularly fast with numbers; in fact some of them are rather slow. This is not a bad thing; they are slow because they think deeply and carefully about mathematics. — Jo Boaler

Inspiration strikes at very funny times. — Gillian Jacobs

There are two versions of math in the lives of many Americans: the strange and boring subject that they encountered in classrooms and an interesting set of ideas that is the math of the world, and is curiously different and surprisingly engaging. Our task is to introduce this second version to today's students, get them excited about math, and prepare them for the future. — Jo Boaler

When I auditioned actors I never make them act. I choose a long symphony, then I tell them to sit down and I play the symphony for them. Then I sit and I look at them. I always pick a piece of music that has up and downs, very dramatic parts, very quiet parts and really sensitive parts so that it can produce different emotions. — Pirjo Honkasalo

Tribalism never prospers, for when it does, everyone will respect it as a true nationalism, and no-one will dare call it tribalism. — Ernest Gellner