Magicater Quotes & Sayings

I once was the walrus, now I'm John. — John Lennon

I hardly know so melancholy a reflection as that parents are necessarily the sole directors of the management of children, whether they have or have not judgment, penetration or taste to perform the task. — Sir Fulke Greville

Men are not really born either hopelessly idle, or preternaturally industrious. They may move in one direction or the other as will or circumstances dictate, but it is open to any man to work. — Max Aitken, Lord Beaverbrook

Babies are famous to themselves. — David Foster Wallace

An avowed homosexual, that would never be accepted in hockey - never! Because it's a milieu where everyone is often naked. — Pat Burns

I enjoyed learning something and, uh, so I think like with anything in life, in the schoolroom in an artistic endeavor, if you have just a really good teacher, it's inspiring. I certainly use, in my work, I mean, I used to rely heavily on imagery. I was obsessed with this photograph that was in the NY Times of a fish engulfing a smaller fish and this smaller fish had this look in its eyes; it knew what was about to happen and, I don't know how they ever captured such an image, but I've used that for a play I (did). It's called "Saved." — Amy Ryan

The good news was that the newspaper he had ordered was right at his door as promised. The bad news was that he had forgotten to buy milk for his breakfast. So he dumped the cereal back into the box, swept the overflow into the sink, and put second best, a bagel, into the toaster while he read the paper. He was barely past the first page when the toaster started to smoke. He pushed up the handle; the bagel stayed down. Smoke continued to curl toward the ceiling, setting off the fire alarm. Swearing broadly, he silenced it by knocking it down with the handle of the mop that had come in so handy the night before. — Barbara Delinsky

Winning a gold medal is not easy but I believed in myself, especially over the last four years. — Sally Pearson

Interleaf is very nice. I expect there to be a lot of competition for programs like that. — Bill Joy

Memorization is not as vital a discipline as fulfilling curiosity with research and reasoning ... Internet and Google literacy should be taught to help students vet facts and judge reliability. — Jeff Jarvis

Perhaps one of the most important things you can do for human beings is wean them off an animal-based diet. It hardens the arteries and runs up our health-care costs. The last thing a poor person can afford is a heart attack or cancer or a stroke. And that's all linked to a meat-based diet. I think animal liberation is human liberation. — Ingrid Newkirk

Trying to divine some essential truth about evil is toxic, like inhaling fumes. — Carla Norton