Toni Morrison Recitatif Quotes & Sayings

Great leaders are always out front with a banner, instead of behind with a whip. — John Wooden

But if the star should set, even while I am penning these lines, be it so; still I can say it has shone, and I have received a rich portion. — Hans Christian Andersen

I speak for an art ... weary of its puny exploits, weary of pretending to be able, of being able, of doing a little better the same old thing, of going a little further along a dreary road. — Samuel Beckett

I hope you still have it," she says. "Have what, babe?" "My heart. Because it's the only one I got and I don't want to lose it. — J.A. Huss

Does a firm persuasion that a thing is so, make it so?" He replied, "All poets believe it does. And in ages of imagination, this firm persuasion removes mountains; but many are not capable of firm persuasion of anything. — William Blake

America's experiment with government of the people, by the people, and for the people depends not only on constitutional structure and organization but also on the commitment, person to person, that we make to each other. — Robert M. Hutchins

When I think back on the twenty years I spent in school, what sticks with me isn't any particular subject, learning tool, or classroom. It is the teachers who brought my education to life and drove my interest forward, so that my passion for learning continued, despite the long days, the hard chairs, the difficult problems. These women and men were giants. They were underpaid, and they put up with all sorts of crap, but they made me the person I am today vastly more than the facts they taught. That relationship is what digital education technology cannot ever replicate or replace, and why a great teacher will always provide a more innovative model for the future of education than the most sophisticated device, software, or platform. — David Sax

I never completed high school and I am very rich and very successful. — Tre Cool

One of the best ways to achieve justice is to expose injustice. — Julian Assange

The Procrustean bed is not a symbol of equality. It is no less inequality to have equality among unequals. — Felix Frankfurter

Falling silent should be cultivated, the way the woods fall silent in the snow. Messages you can't send any other way can be heard. — Phyllis Theroux

Do not compare your material forces with those of the enemy. Spirit cannot be compared with matter. You are human beings, they are beasts. You are free, they are slaves. — Simon Bolivar

I lost something that I thought defined me and I felt like a shell of a person. Instead of trying to get it back, I had to figure out why I couldn't be whole all by myself. — Cecelia Ahern

Apart from that Mrs Lincoln, how did you enjoy the play? — Tom Lehrer

Most schools have a loud system of loud bells, which startle the students and teachers at regular intervals and remind them that time is passing even more slowly than it seems. — Lemony Snicket