Southord Pxs 17 Quotes & Sayings

The idea of childhood as a social invention, in retrospect, is hardly credible. In the Bible, in writings of the Greeks and Romans, and in the works of the first great educator of the modern era, Comenius, children were recognized as being both different from adults and different from one another with respect to their stages of development. To be sure, the scientific study of children and the increased length of life in modern times have enhanced our understanding of age differences, but they have always been acknowledged. — David Elkind

Are snoopers snooping on their own pain? Probably. — Martin Amis

The union of the family lies in love; and love is the only reconciliation of authority and liberty. — Robert Hugh Benson

The world would be a nicer place if everyone had the ability to love as unconditionally as a dog. — M.K. Clinton

Gaunt men with sunken eyes squatted amidst sand and stones, shitting out their lives in stinking streams of brown and red. — George R R Martin

I had auditioned for 'Saturday Night Live' two or three times before and never really saw myself there. I looked up to Belushi and Bill Murray and Aykroyd and I never saw myself as in their world. — Dana Carvey

Religion has accepted and almost "Christianized" the machine, and it is dying from this, whether through absurdity and hypocrisy, as in the past, or through capitulation and suicide, as today. It is as if there were only two sins, unbelief and unchastity; the machine is neither an unbeliever nor is it unchaste; therefore one may sprinkle it with holy water in good conscience. — Frithjof Schuon

My work should be judged as it enters the ears and heads of listeners, not as it is described to the eyes of readers. — Arnold Schoenberg

Knowledge is a Bed of Roses; for Every Beautiful Flower, there are a Dozen Thorns to Match — Joshua Caleb

I'm not worried about misconception or a perception that's bad. If I were, I'd be chasing something all the time. — Elisabeth Hasselbeck