Kristiansen Family Quotes & Sayings

I don't regard the fact that there's a disparity in test scores nearly as importantly as I do the need for diversity, because I know from long experience that test scores, though useful, are a very limited measure of things that matter in choosing students. — Derek Bok

Growth is a substitute for equality of income. So long as there is growth there is hope, and that makes large income differentials tolerable. — Henry Wallich

I've always found it necessity to strip away everything but the most fundamental ways to work - the rest is style. — Twyla Tharp

Failure is no more fatal than success is permanent. — Harvey MacKay

She would remain forever young, forever noble, forever his blessedness, and not all the poetry in the world could express his devotion to her. — Sylvain Reynard

The boys just wanted to light the oven, but they ended up burning down the whole business and the family home. The children were saved, but the Ole Kirk Kristiansen's future looked bleak.

Ole Kirk was a religious man; his optimism and sense of humour were well-known far beyond the local boundaries. Where others would have folded their hands in their laps and accepted their fate, he did not give up. With the courage born of desperation, he rebuilt his business on a larger and more expensive scale than it had been previously - and more so than he could afford: Many rooms had to be sublet, and the Kristiansens themselves only used a small part of the building. Apprentices were no longer paid, but received board and lodging instead. Life continued, somehow. — Christian Humberg

Money is everything in this world to some people, and more than the next to other poor souls. — Augusta Jane Evans