Shannon Adler Quotes & Sayings

Assessment in this spirit does not concern assignment of grades or evaluation of whether instruction was effective. It's assessment designed squarely to feed into the learning process and make the learning stronger. — David N. Perkins

I hate to say that, but the past was much more fascinating. I don't particularly care for any of the current crop of actors. I don't particularly care for any of the current crop of directors. But I have a lot of friends who are editors, and there are a lot of technical things going on here that are interesting. — Kenneth Anger

Typical horror movies of the 1930s were often given a period setting in what looked like a kind of stylized 19th century ... the sense of 'elsewhen', of distance, lent to many of these movies by their settings. They exist, as it were, in a 19th century of the mind. — Andrew Tudor

It's the law, Jack. When the government breaks the law, they have to toe the line. — Kenneth Eade

If you're as detached as that, why does the obsolete institution of marriage survive with you?
Oh, it still has its uses. One couldn't be divorced without it. — Edith Wharton

from the ceiling but made little difference. I sat wondering if it was part of Brazilian tradition to invite someone to stay but then fuck off out for the evening. Seems a bit odd to me. I — Karl Pilkington

In the first days of his time in office," I said, "doesn't he smile at and greet whomever he meets, and not only deny he's a tyrant but promise much in private and public, and grant freedom from debts and distribute land to the people and those around himself, and pretend to be gracious and gentle to all? — Plato

But most important, it made me look as if I ate hidden heirlooms - and financial advisors - for breakfast. — Anne Fortier

I'm going to fix everything just the way it was before,' he said, nodding determinedly. 'She'll see. — F Scott Fitzgerald

I don't believe that intelligence can be reduced to a number, frankly. But I can see how doing exactly that produces a useful sorting mechanism in our society in order to separate children into categories of promising and doomed. The tests seem arbitrary and without real scientific value and yet have lasting consequences. — Rachel Kushner

pretty soon, there will be ten billion people coming to dinner. And there is no way they are going to be fed organically. — Joe Schwarcz

The lens of fear magnifies the size of uncertainty. — Charles R. Swindoll

Puzzles don't work when you only have half of the pieces. Same goes for hearts. — Kim Holden

I played comedies and dramas. — William Shatner