Midwinters University Quotes & Sayings

education is a process through which truth is not introduced into the mind from without, but is "led out" from within. — Richard Tarnas

If you swear by that that is not, you are not forsworn: no more was this knight swearing by his honour, for he never had any; or if he had, he had sworn it away before ever he saw those pancakes or that mustard. — William Shakespeare

I'll read, and then I'll take naps. When I feel sleep coming on, I give in and don't fight it. — Jacques Barzun

It's much easier to tame a wild tiger with your bare hands than to convince someone who believes in something, no matter wrong or right. — Oliver Blade

for the other sort of intimate acquaintance, — James Agee

They placed me on a pedestal from the day I was born! What choice did I have but to be perfect! — Mary E. Pearson

When I got out of undergrad, I had a degree in theater and telecommunications. My first job, I was a news reporter for the local stories for NPR. Then I was a country-western DJ. I did data entry for a yearbook company. In my mid-20s I went back to grad school at NYU, and I specialized in playwriting. — Suzanne Collins

The forces of justice had finally come to Annawadi. That the beneficiaries were horses was a source of bemusement to Sunil and the road boys. — Katherine Boo