Tokuzawa Naoko Quotes & Sayings

I may say that I think greed about poetry is the only permissible greed - it is, indeed, unavoidable. — Edith Sitwell

My opportunity to design school choice systems began in 2003 with a phone call from Jeremy Lack at the New York City Department of Education. He knew of my work on the medical match and wondered if similar efforts might help reorganize the dysfunctional, congested system then used to match students to high schools. — Alvin E. Roth

The truth is not wonderful enough to suit the newspapers; so they enlarge upon it, and invent ridiculous embellishments. — Anne Sullivan

Yes and no. Because America has only about 1 percent of the population serving in the military, it is hard for many civilians to understand the sacrifices military families make. However, my experience is that after the Vietnam War, the public learned that they should support the military whether or not they support the war. You've seen that outpouring of support for the veterans of both Iraq and Afghanistan. — Steve Stivers

She wears a cape, and it is this that undoes her - that allows her to be pulled, limbs light and poised as a cat, from her horse. — Madeline Miller

Those who cannot perceive are no better than those who cannot see ... Those who cannot empathize are no better than those who cannot perceive ... — Ashok Kallarakkal

You'd better name yourself, because, if you don't others will do it for you. — Audre Lorde

I thought to myself how much more welcome a faculty the imagination would be if we could tell when it was at work and when not. — Kingsley Amis