Raira In City Quotes & Sayings

A philosophy professor at my college, whose baby became enamored of the portrait of David Hume on a Penguin paperback, had the cover laminated in plastic so her daughter could cut her teeth on the great thinker. — Anne Fadiman

San Francisco is one of my favorite cities in the world. — Rosalynn Carter

In principle, junk bonds are basically useful, but they are used excessively and irrationally, notably in takeovers. — Maurice Allais

Nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. — Calvin Coolidge

Think about that: at a time when it was inconceivable to have a woman rabbi or a woman scholar of Christian theology or canon law, the Islamic civilization boasted hundreds of women who were authorities in Islamic law and Islamic theology and that taught some of the most famous male jurists and left behind a remarkable corpus of writings. — Khaled Abou El Fadl

Second base is anything but magic. If it's anything at all, it's speed, sureness with your hands and lots of hard work. — Nellie Fox

How many schoolteachers were aware of what they actually were a part of? Surely a number close to zero. In schoolteaching, as in hamburger-flipping, the paycheck is the decisive ingredient. No insult is meant, at bottom this is what realpolitik means. We all have to eat. — John Taylor Gatto

So it's Mr. Wiggin and Who The Hell Are You.'
'About right,' Bean replied. — Orson Scott Card