Literate Fool Quotes & Sayings

One thing was clear: To give our kids the kind of education they deserved, we had to first agree that rigor mattered most of all; that school existed to help kids learn to think, to work hard, and yes, to fail. That was the core consensus that made everything else possible. — Amanda Ripley

It's inspiring, I think, for women out there to see I'm a regular person. I am the every woman who's struggled with my weight. — Ricki Lake

From the very first inkling of a concept, founders need to gather a target group of five to ten potential users to begin the feedback loop. We all think we know how the market will react to new ideas, but actual users live with the pros and cons of the existing market conditions every day. They are the market experts. — Jay Samit

I don't feel like it's pressure. It's more of an obligation - not to entertain or be funny, but to have a certain levity. I mean, there's got to be a lightness in your leg. You have to be as light as you can be, and you don't have to be weighted down, stuck in your emotions and stuck in your body, stuck in your head. You just want to try and elevate something. — Bill Murray

[Abbas Kiarostami] is a great artist and a poet. I sometimes think that if Samuel Beckett made films, he'd make them like Kiarostami makes them. — Anthony Minghella

I guess my point is that sometimes we ignore the signs that God gives us. We never know what He has in store for us, but we must always be prepared to hear His words. Who knows what fate he would have had in store for me had I kept on that path. (Max) — Pete Conrad

A film that I love is 'Raising Arizona' and that's funny but it's quite indie and weird and odd and quirky. I'd love to do something like that. Who knows? — Stephen Moyer

Increased spiritual strength is a gift from God which He can give when we push in His service to our limits. Through the power of the Atonement of Jesus Christ, our natures can be changed. Then our power to carry burdens can be increased more than enough to compensate for the increased service we will be asked to give. — Henry B. Eyring

In fact, I believe that we need better sex education in our own culture, here in America, so that young folk learn about things like venereal disease before they encounter it. — Piers Anthony

This is not love. It is a crime ... You can't look the other way just because you have not experienced domestic violence with your own flesh. — Salma Hayek

Grace ceases to be grace if God is compelled to bestow it in the presence of human merit. — Sam Storms