Safari Classroom Quotes & Sayings

The only subject ... on which he (Mr. Peggotty - M. Zh.) ever showed a violent temper or swore an oath, was this generosity of his; and if it were ever referred to ... he struck the table a heavy blow with his right hand (had split it on one such occasion), and swore a dreadful oath that he would be "Gormed" if he didn't cut and run for good, if it was ever mentioned again. It appeared ... that nobody had the least idea of the etymology of this terrible verb passive to be gormed; but that they all regarded it constituting a most solemn imprecation." (Chapter III) — Charles Dickens

I think everybody has something that takes them away or makes them happier. To some people it's baseball or sports or knitting or the movies. — Sutton Foster

I am trying to send directions out and keep control of state government for the final month. — Scott McCallum

The Great slight the men of wit, who have nothing but wit; the men of wit despise the Great, who have nothing but greatness; the good man pities them both, if with greatness or wit they have not virtue. — Jean De La Bruyere

From the time I was a child I wanted to be like my mother. Not necessarily an actress - I never dreamed I'd have the courage. But an active, volatile woman like she was. — Isabella Rossellini

I love you' really is the gateway drug of breaking up. — John Green

Regardless of the problem, as long as our solution requires someone else to change, we will never know the power and promise of self-determination. — Bill Crawford