Nazila Rad Quotes & Sayings

Students need to be reminded that revision isn't merely making a few cosmetic changes. Revision is seeing and then reseeing our words and practicing strategies that make a difference in our writing. — Georgia Heard

Clever men are impressed in their differences from their fellows. Wise men are conscious of their resemblance to them. — R. H. Tawney

One of the strange things about imaginary food is that it allows us to take pleasure in reading about things that we would never want to eat in real life. — Bee Wilson

Carroting, you must understand, was a process by which animal fur is bathed in a solution of mercury nitrate, in order to render the hairs more supple, thus producing a superior felt." At this last word, he threw a significant glance in my direction. "Felt," I repeated. "You mean, for the making of hats?" "Precisely. The solution is of an orange colour, hence the term carroting. However, this process had rather severe side effects on those who worked with it, which is why its use today is much reduced. When mercury vapours are inhaled over a long enough period of time - particularly, for our purposes, in the close quarters of a hat-making operation - toxic and irreversible effects almost inevitably follow. One develops tremors of the hands; blackened teeth; slurred speech. In severe cases, dementia or outright insanity can occur. Hence the term mad as a hatter. — Douglas Preston

You don't say hello to Mr. DeNiro? Show the respect, will ya? — Joe Pesci