Pensee Journal Quotes & Sayings

No woman that I know is capable of leaving her child down for thirty seconds. She can't walk away without making sure that everything is absolutely as secure and safe for her child as can be. — Anne Enright

Self-identity is inextricably bound up with the identity of the surroundings. — Lars Fr. H. Svendsen

I don't hate what I love. I love what I love and I hate what I hate. — DJ Shadow

When we succeed in blaming someone for our problems, we still are no closer to a solution for them. — Henry Cloud

I think that there are a lot of things that come along with being a musician, but I don't want to whine about them. I don't want to complain about my job. — Tift Merritt

If a man didn't make sense, the Scotch felt it was misplaced politeness to try to keep him from knowing it. Better that he be aware of his reputation, for this would encourage reticence which goes well with stupidity. — John Kenneth Galbraith

Money is indispensable to a long-circuit heavy load energy system. It must be used when a sufficient surplus is being produced to allow a margin for exchange, and cost of transport, over a considerable distance. Money represents a storage battery when idle, and a generalized mode of the conversion of energy when it is in motion, with a function of equating time and space. — Isabel Paterson

Whence but from heaven, could men unskilled in arts,
In several ages born, in several parts,
Weave such agreeing truths? Or how, or why,
Should all conspire to cheat us with a lie? — John Dryden

Whenever we approve, we can find a hundred good reasons to justify our approbation. Whenever we dislike, we can find a thousand to justify our dislike. — Samuel Richardson

One problem with test-based accountability, as currently defined and used, is that it removes all responsibility from students and their families for the students' academic performance. NCLB neglected to acknowledge that students share in the responsibility for their academic performance and that they are merely passive recipients of their teachers' influence. — Diane Ravitch

The decision is not whether or not we will ration care. The decision will be whether we ration care with our eyes open. — Donald Berwick