Superannuated Teachers Quotes & Sayings

Most Americans do not own passports. They're not a naturally curious people. If you were to lock an American for sixty years in an empty underground bunker which contained nothing but a woolly tea cosy, the American would not even be curious enough to be tempted to see if the tea cosy would make a serviceable hat. They're far more likely to arrest the tea cosy, intern it illegally in Guantanamo Bay, and then repeatedly anally rape it until such time that it admits that it was actually a member of an al-Qaeda training cell. Even though at the time of the alleged offence the tea cosy was actually working as a shop assistant in a branch of Currys in Wolverhampton. — Stewart Lee

Of course sane people always thought the aim of marriage was the procreation of children to the glory of God or according to the plan of Nature; — G.K. Chesterton

In my run-ins with Christians ... I find that they really are good moral people. And we overlap on everything, and they don't seem to be the kind of people that are waiting to hear voices to tell them what to do. — Penn Jillette

Our species has discovered a way to communicate through the dark, to transcend immense distances. No means of communication is faster or cheaper or reaches out farther. It's called radio. — Carl Sagan

When someone's got your rear tires off the ground, you don't have much traction. — Kyle Petty

It's so funny, actors usually have a directing ambition. I've got no ambition for directing. — Majandra Delfino

My death is incidental, and I worry very much about my loved ones and, you know, would like to make it as easy as possible for them. Or wish I could will away whatever, you know, the sadness they will feel when I die. But for me, nothing. The world goes on. — Barbara Ehrenreich

The wind blows on us all, but it's how you set your ssail that makes the difference. — Jim Rohn

A higher goal is always reached by overcoming fear. — Adriana Trigiani

The chains which cramp us most are those which weigh on us least. — Sophie Swetchine

Love is the greatest divine force. — Lailah Gifty Akita

America knows nothing of food, love, or art. — Isadora Duncan

Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God. — Jesus Christ

Say yes? There's no way to plan. There's no way to hide. There's no way to control this. Not if I am saying yes to everything. Yes to everything scary. Yes to everything that takes me out of my comfort zone. Yes to everything that feels like it might be crazy. Yes to everything that feels out of character. Yes to everything that feels goofy. Yes to everything. Everything. Say yes. Yes. — Shonda Rhimes