Jacob Perkins Quotes & Sayings

I am not a fairy godmother or anything of that sort, but I hope to give you a happy home and a good education, and to send you out into the world true, brave, generous men, prepared to serve God truly all the days of your life."
~Aunt Persis — Constance Savery

Marble is not alike in all countries. — Vitruvius

The trouble is that once people develop an implicit theory, the confirmation bias kicks in and they stop seeing evidence that doesn't fit it. — Carol Tavris

My mother was an English teacher who decided to become a math teacher, and she used me as a guinea pig at home. My father had been a math teacher and then went to work at a steel mill because, frankly, he could make more money doing that. — Freeman A. Hrabowski III

May each family rediscover family prayer, which helps to bring about mutual understanding and forgiveness. — Pope Francis

Life is a journey where people travel through each other's memories. If you want to keep a secret well, keep it from yourself — S.E. Sever

Hadley's never been out of the country before, but she knows enough to know that London is enormous; it is, in her limited experience, a big enough place to lose someone entirely. — Jennifer E. Smith

The fact that I was going to be the first American woman to go into space carried huge expectations along with it. — Sally Ride

One does not re-light a dead cigarette. — Anna Held

My holy of holies is the human body. — Anton Chekhov