Quotes & Sayings About High School Valedictorian Speeches

Is goodwill so fragile, so precarious a thing, then? (Of course, dear fellow, of course) — Milan Kundera

In 1966 I became president of the British Computer Society. — Lord Mountbatten

People make great films. I just don't have the eyes to watch them. — Johnny Depp

Writers are too self-centered to be lonely. — Richard Condon

He was a hard man, but what else would he be? He had stood in the shield wall, he had watched the Danes come to the attack, and he had lived. He was no youngster. — Bernard Cornwell

Then I felt up silence. Then silence and I went all the way. — Bob Hicok

If we use less, if we consume less, we're going to have more — Colin Baker

Political indoctrination was geared towards producing activists. The propaganda image of the ideal child was a precocious political orator mouthing agitprop. Communism could not be taught from books, educational thinkers maintained. It had to be instilled through the whole life of the school, which was in turn to be connected to the broader world of politics through extra-curricular activities, such as celebrating Soviet holidays, joining public marches, reading newspapers and organizing school debates and trials. The idea was to initiate the children into the practices, cults and rituals of the Soviet system so that they would grow up to become loyal and active Communists. — Orlando Figes