Schlamme Children Quotes & Sayings

Deliberative bodies become decreasingly effective after they pass five to eight members. — C. Northcote Parkinson

I do not believe in the God of theology who rewards good and punishes evil. — Albert Einstein

I love the pole vault because it is a professor's sport. One must not only run and jump, but one must think. Which pole to use, which height to jump, which strategy to use. I love it because the results are immediate and the strongest is the winner. Everyone knows it. In everyday life that is difficult to prove. — Sergei Bubka

On historical you take the known facts, dramatize them, and then stitch them together by invention. It's a projective thing. — William Monahan

And that is the essence of wisdom - to be in harmony with nature, with the natural rhythm of the universe. And whenever you are in harmony with the natural rhythm of the universe, you are a poet, you are a painter, you are a musician, you are a dancer. — Osho

The key to good listening isn't technique, it's desire. Until we truly want to understand the other person, we'll never listen well. — Steve Goodier

Parents ought, through their own behavior and the values by which they live, to provide direction for their children. But they need to rid themselves of the idea that there are surefire methods which, when well applied, will produce certain predictable results. Whatever we do with and for our children ought to flow from our understanding of and our feelings for the particular situation and the relation we wish to exist between us and our child. — Bruno Bettelheim

Christ managed to boil down an awful lot of commandments to a few very simple rules for living. It's when you go backwards through the 'begats' and the Garden of Eden, and you start thinking, 'Hang on, that's a big punishment for eating one lousy apple ... There's a human-rights issue.' — Terry Pratchett

Every man has his folly, but the greatest folly of all ... is not to have one. — Nikos Kazantzakis

Cobb lived off the field as though he wished to live forever. He lived on the field as though it was his last day. — Branch Rickey