Stateside Elementary Quotes & Sayings

Personal integrity is important, not because it gets us what we want, but because it helps us be what we want. — Michael Josephson

If we are surrounded by the trivial and the vicious, it is all too easy to make our peace with it. — William Bennett

The past doesn't buy you much. — Joe Gibbs

When I have the time at home, I'll practice three or four hours a day. I have to. And I'm a late starter; I started at age 17 and at age 51 I'm still learning. — Bruce Hornsby

When he started to renew his protest, she held up a hand. What are you more afraid of: them or me with low blood sugar? — Laini Taylor

In short, the proposition that God was in any way involved in our creation is effectively outlawed, and implicitly negated. — Phillip E. Johnson

He was so naked his skin looked like clothes to me. He seemed sealed up in a very tight pink suit, without a wrinkle or a seam to be found. Wet — Emily Fridlund

I am a bit biased. I co-chair the campaign effort of George W. Bush. — Katherine Harris

Understanding is not about progress; its about process. What we may finally come to understand is that we won't,can't,understand and that incomprehension is essential to our existance. Mystery is our maker. — John Dufresne

Oh yes, I love to do shoes. I'm not a fetishist but I love to do shoes. — Karl Lagerfeld

The contemporary climate is therapeutic, not religious. People today hunger not for personal salvation, let alone for the restoration of an earlier golden age, but for the feeling, the momentary illusion, of personal well-being, health, and psychic security. — Christopher Lasch

I've always been a fan, so my enthusiasm has always been great, but it's never going to be the same as it was from 1970 to 1975. You cannot repeat that, but you can get inspired by searching, by being mystified. — Elton John

Don't get me wrong. It's a lovely idea. It's very romantic. 'Just believe' and you can experience magic. It's why grandmothers the world over knit the word Believe into blankets for their grandchildren." His elbows resting on the arms of his chair, Mister Fox waved his hands in a vague, circular gesture. "There's just one little problem. It's completely wrong. It's backward. When you believe in something, you stop questioning it. You stop looking for answers and ignore other possibilities. Only minds that are truly open to possibility can see magic. It's people who aren't sure - of themselves, of the world, of their place in the world - who can see and experience magic. — Adam Shaughnessy

Festivals are fun for kids, fun for parents and offer a welcome break from the stresses of the nuclear family. The sheer quantities of people make life easier: loads of adults for the adults to talk to and loads of kids for the kids to play with. — Tom Hodgkinson

You talk just like the grown-ups!
That made me a little ashamed. — Antoine De Saint-Exupery