Joostricot Quotes & Sayings

Philip Larkin didn't write for several years before his life ended. And when he was asked why he didn't write, he said the muse deserted him. It sort of scared me. That's why I think I have no right to assume that some thought is going to come ... But I think, in my imagination, if it is it, there will probably be something else I'm interested in. — Paul Simon

But when it comes right down to it, I really am just MediocreMan. — Michael T. Miyoshi

The word constructionism is a mnemonic for two aspects of the theory of science education underlying this project. From constructivist theories of psychology we take a view of learning as a reconstruction rather than as a transmission of knowledge. Then we extend the idea of manipulative materials to the idea that learning is most effective when part of an activity the learner experiences as constructing a meaningful product. — Seymour Papert

It was possible to explore the 'great tradition' of the English novel and believe that in doing so you were addressing questions of fundamental value
questions which were of vital relevance to the lives of men and women wasted in fruitless labour in the factories of industrial capitalism. But it was also conceivable that you were destructively cutting yourself off from such men and women, who might be a little slow to recognize how a poetic enjambement enacted a movement of physical balancing. — Terry Eagleton

Cat's eyes seem a bridge to a world beyond the one we know. — Lynn-Holly Johnson

I think every time you take a female character, a black character, a Hispanic character, a gay character, and make that the point of the character, you are minimalizing the character, — Len Wein

Can one spit on a smiling face?" he inquired; or he said, "Vengeance cannot last a night's sleep. — Pearl S. Buck

If your're not having a very good time with your life, its because you haven't done much for others. You may have done many things but you havent done much for those around you. — Frederick Lenz

Never give up. In the end it'll all be worth it. — Leighton Meester