Recitation Class Quotes & Sayings

You think a dream is worth dying for. I say it isn't. You say it's better to die on your feet. I say it's better to live on our knees. — Pierce Brown

Glenn Beck retired or got fired ... and a lot of people are asking who will now speak for the raving lunatics who startle you outside of a parking garage? — Bill Maher

The amount of energy spent laughing at a joke should be directly proportional to the hierarchical status of the joke teller. — Scott Adams

Like the monks chanting their Pali mantras, learning by rote was the accepted method of education just as in English schools of the time. 'In geography,' Sokheang recalled, 'we would have to learn the size of a country, the population, the agricultural produce, etcetera. And we would get called up to recite it to the rest of the class.' The accuracy of this recitation was the measure of a successful student. 'Knowledge,' said Sokheang, 'was the storage of facts. — Nic Dunlop

Willie Nelson once said that sometimes, you have to either write a song or you kick your foot through a window. The third option , I suppose , is that you write a book. — Matt Haig

That if desperate times call for desperate measures, then I'm free to act as desperately as I wish. — Suzanne Collins

When you come across real talent, it is sometimes worth allowing them to create the structure in which they choose to labor. In nine cases out of ten, by inviting them to take responsibility and control for a new venture, you will motivate them to do great things. — Felix Dennis