Presciently Merriam Webster Quotes & Sayings

Education should therefore include the two forms of work, manual and intellectual, for the same person, and thus make it understood by practical experience that these two kinds complete each other and are equally essential to a civilized existence. — Maria Montessori

You can do better than this." The best slogan I can think of to leave with the kids of the U.S.A. would be "We can ... and we've got to ... do better than this. — Dr. Seuss

What then is the Word of God which gives us life; what but the law, the prophets, and the gospel? Anyone — John Calvin

All my life people have said that I wasn't going to make it. — Ted Turner

He stands with his hands in his pockets, well-dressed and self-assured, with his life before him and a plush armchair behind him. — Edmund De Waal

The world is real. Consciousness is the illusion. — Craig Bruce

This was the way the night had cashed in. Choices had been made and things happened, and here we were. It was sad, and funny. My life was made of this. Stuff like this. — James Franco

To love you is to love water that either parches the throat by its absence or drowns me with its anger! — Aleksandr Voinov

Shut up and eat your donuts," I said, and turned to Demi, who was looking at me with a blankly questioning expression. "Sloane is full of shit. She's not allergic to the word 'please,' which is good for her, since if she were, we would all stand in a circle around her making polite requests until she went into anaphylactic shock. She just enjoys being horrible to the rest of us, and we let her, because we honestly can't think of a way to make her stop. — Seanan McGuire

Right mothering meets the
child's need.

Focusing on what the child should
not be draws resistant energy. Pointing
out what the child should be feeds
self-hatred and struggle. — Vimala McClure

The way to become famous fast is to throw a brick at someone who is famous. — Walter Winchell

Every time one of my books sells a million copies in paperback, Pan Macmillan gives me a gold statuette of Pan. I have about 20 of them. — Wilbur Smith

The more consistently Austrian School an economist is, the better a writer he will be. — Murray Rothbard

True wisdom reveals itself by loving everyone. — Debasish Mridha

Running for office is similar to being a trial lawyer in a very long trial. It requires adrenaline and stamina; it requires being in shape mentally and emotionally. It's a marathon. — Kamala Harris