Shermalot Quotes & Sayings

Parents embraced "Sesame Street" for several reasons, among them that it assuaged their guilt over the fact that they could not or would not restrict their children's access to television. "Sesame Street" appeared to justify allowing a four- or five-year-old to sit transfixed in front of a television screen for unnatural periods of time. Parents were eager to hope that television could teach their children something other than which breakfast cereal has the most crackle. At the same time, "Sesame Street" relieved them of the responsibility of teaching their pre-school children how to read - no small matter in a culture where children are apt to be considered a nuisance ... We now know that "Sesame Street" encourages children to love school only if school is like "Sesame Street." Which is to say, we now know that "Sesame Street" undermines what the traditional idea of schooling represents. — Neil Postman

The cable TV sex channels don't expand our horizons, don't make us better people, and don't come in clearly enough. — Bill Maher

I can't really do the running on hard ground that I used to do. Instead I go swimming as often as possible. — Jamie Dornan

Persistence is what keeps you hanging on when hanging on gets tough. — Debasish Mridha

Never express yourself more clearly than you are able to think — Niels Bohr

Let others know when they have hurt or angered you. By not speaking up when someone insults or mistreats you, you are inadvertently giving permission for him or her to continue to treat you in the same way in the future. — Beverly Engel

To build a winning team, you must help your players and staff have amnesia about past outcomes and remember all the little things they did to get better. — Jon Gordon

I am not going to be the guy who's not pulling his weight. — James Franco