Lyddie Summary Quotes & Sayings

To accustom the infant to get out of its own difficulties or to calm it by rocking it may be to lay the foundations of a good or of a bad disposition. — Jean Piaget

For regulating the human (in our constitution) and rendering the (proper) service to the heavenly, there is nothing like moderation. — Lao-Tzu

Standardized testing has swelled and mutated, like a creature in one of those old horror movies, to the point that it now threatens to swallow our schools whole. — Alfie Kohn

If you're eating an ice cream cone, it's just very hard to believe that things have gone completely to shit. That there isn't still hope. — Jonathan Tropper

The best way to teach a child abuser to stop abusing is not counseling. It is not therapy. It is a mouth full of broken teeth and arms that, when the bones heal, cannot produce the force necessary to hit or burn another child. — Ryan Sayles

Wherever a man comes, there comes revolution. The old is for slaves. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Archery is still a matter of life and death to the extent that it is a contest of the archer with himself; — Eugen Herrigel

I don't see myself as part of an acting fraternity or a comedy fraternity. — Ricky Gervais

You're Gideon's friend."
I laughed. Gideon's friend, of course. "Only because his mother pays me to hang out with him."
"Can she pay me?" Elspeth asked.
Iris, moving into the room, rolled her eyes at her sister. — Bethany Frenette

Why do people wage war? Why do hundreds of thousands, even millions of people group together and try to annihilate each other? Do people start wars out of anger? Or fear? Or are anger and fear just two aspects of the same spirit? — Haruki Murakami

I had set out to disprove quantum field theory - and the opposite occurred! I was shocked. — David Gross

Scientific progress is the discovery of a more and more comprehensive simplicity ... The previous successes give us confidence in the future of science: we become more and more conscious of the fact that the universe is cognizable. — Georges Lemaitre

I have a vision of a Modern India. I have embarked on a huge mission to convert that vision into reality. My mantra is Development. — Narendra Modi

Modesty is a state of the heart. It veils the tongue. It clothes us in good manners. It envelops us with the best of behaviour. — T.J. Bowes