Heikkinen Tree Quotes & Sayings

Well, Diotallevi and I are planning a reform in higher education. A School of Comparative Irrelevance, where useless or impossibe courses are given. The school's aim is to turn out scholars capable of endlessly increasing the number of unnecessary subjects. — Umberto Eco

Looking ahead to future applications of electronics, [de Forest] grew even gloomier. He believed that 'electron physiologists' would eventually be able to monitor and analyze 'thought or brain waves', allowing 'joy and grief to be measured in define, quantitative unit.' Ultimately, he concluded, 'a professor may be able to implant knowledge into the reluctant brains of his 22nd century pupils. What terrifying political possibilities may be lurking there! Let us be thankful that such things are only for posterity, not for us. — Nicholas Carr

There hasn't been a day in my life since I started Latin in ninth grade that I haven't benefited by the lives of the ancients. — Rita Mae Brown

What was it that marked me as a woman and was I prepared to let it go? — Sara Sheridan

Action isn't my forte. I'm an expert on contemplation and mild regret. — Robert Sheckley

Most suits made the man. Gideon did things to a three-piece suit that should've been illegal. — Sylvia Day

Take free speech: most of the tough cases on free speech involve very unpleasant people saying very obnoxious things. — Barney Frank

You're about to burn the bacon, cowboy."
Just before he kissed her again, he smiled and said, "let it burn. — G.G. Baker

I am the man, I suffered, I was there. — Walt Whitman

I imagine that she flushes, seeing him there, for she is at that age when even the most commonplace boys take on a sense of mystery. And this boy is not ordinary. He is wild and he has strange and fanciful perceptions. [p. 153] — Kim Edwards

I'd often mused that writers and doctors were similar people. We all had God complexes and liked control. The only thing that separated us was a lot of schooling and science classes. And the fact that the people whose lives I messed with weren't real. — Chelsea M. Cameron

I can't get my wife to agree with me on everything or my kids to agree with everything. — Rick Warren

For me, the kitchen is the most special room in the house. It's a place for adventure - not drudgery, but discovery, sharing and showing off with friends, trying new ideas. — Ted Allen

Talent is a gift, but character is a choice. — John C. Maxwell