Menyuk Quotes & Sayings

Not one ounce of my self worth depends on your acceptance of me. — Quincy Jones

The contrast between good and evil fades by diluting the essence of one or the other. — Craig Smedley

The huge irony is that the more the gospel is offered in consumer terms, the more the consumers are disappointed. — Eugene H. Peterson

I also believe that the Supreme Court should be the final arbiter of all federal questions. — Judy Biggert

Who are you?"
"I am Death," said the creature. "I thought that was obvious."
"But you're so small!"
"Only because you are small. You are young and far from your Death, September, so I seem as anything would seem if you saw it from a long way off-very small, very harmless. But I am always closer than I appear. As you grow, I shall grow with you, until at the end, I shall loom huge and dark over your bed, and you will shut your eyes so as not to see me. — Catherynne M Valente

Faith is the poetry of our dreams; action is the builder of our reality. — Steve Maraboli

Have I interrupted a conversation?' she asked.
'No, only a complete silence,' said Birkin.
'Oh,' said Ursula, vaguely, absent. — D.H. Lawrence

When I hear about something allegedly happening in the world I always ask: 'Who is doing it?' Trends break out because they're based on real demographics, like there being fewer nuclear families or more people living alone. If 10 people in Shoreditch are doing it, it's a 10-minute fad. — Peter York

Generally, when a man is rabidly for one cause, and then is just as rabidly for another cause, it is not because he loves the cause: it is because he loves the rabies — Paul Collins

Dr. [Paula] Menyuk and her co-workers [at Boston University's School of Education] found that parents who supplied babies with a steady stream of information were not necessarily helpful. Rather, early, rich language skills were more likely to develop when parents provided lots of opportunities for their infants and toddlers to "talk" and when parents listened and responded to the babies' communications. — Jane Brody