Education Theorists Quotes & Sayings

With 'The Office' and 'Extras' I've always snuck in a little bit of heart and pathos - and drama, which is fun. — Ricky Gervais

I received comments on how extraordinary it was that I could keep up speaking for exactly 45 minutes. Indeed, in an age of soundbites lasting some seconds and of quick quotes in the news, all those minutes do seem like an eternity, easy to get lost in. Yet, wait a moment. Television is not the only place where speeches are given. Some hundred thousand teachers teach every day. They all speak 45 minutes, more times a day. They have been doing this for years. Every teacher knows exactly when the time will be over and that by then his speech will need to come to a natural end. It is this tension that determines the success of a lesson. It is a sign of the times that we forget these daily achievements in education. A million students daily attend several 'live' lectures and this in secondary education alone. These are high ratings! — Robbert Dijkgraaf

Many believe that pagan worship is a thing of the past, but it is ever present - we have just given it a new name: pop culture. — Billy Graham

There are also many instances where people hostile to the Soviet state are attempting by means of deceit and provocation to poison the minds of our citizens and compel them to believe in monstrous lies. — Filipp Golikov

The propensity of man, is to invent history, that he may promote his own destiny...

Rev. Joaquin R. Larriba — Joaquin R. Larriba

Thank god, and now all I have are, twenty one years together, in January and, you know, I, you know I forgot this all about things. And anyway the first place is good thing. — Olga Korbut

When Daddy didn't answer, I knew that something was wrong. Mariah thought back to that seemingly endless drive from Greenwich Village as she had rushed to New Jersey that night. — Mary Higgins Clark

God, Lay. Do you know what I would do, if you could give me another chance at this? — T. Torrest