Toomers Oaks Quotes & Sayings

Cease conceiving of education as mere preparation for later life, and make it the full meaning of the present life. — John Dewey

Reader, I am myself the subject of my book; you would be unreasonable to spend your leisure on so frivolous and so vain a matter. — Bernard Malamud

I think of myself as an Olympian. I have had a dream since I was a very small child. And because I have parents without whom I couldn't have realised that dream. — Danielle De Niese

My father had been a forester and I had grown up on those hills. I had seen forests and streams disappear. I jumped into Chipko movement and started to work with the peasant women. I learned from them about what forests mean for a rural woman in India in terms of firewood and fodder and medicinal plants and rich knowledge. — Vandana Shiva

Freedom is not only bought with a great price; it is maintained by unremitting effort. — Calvin Coolidge

The German stared at me, a combination of fatigue and frustration. But I understood.
His eyes on the potato said, Emilia, I'm hungry.
The dried blood on his shirt said, Emilia, I'm injured.
But the way he clutched his pack told me the most.
Emilia, don't touch this. — Ruta Sepetys

Amount of search is not a measure of the amount of intelligence being exhibited. What makes a problem a problem is not that a large amount of search is required for its solution, but that a large amount would be required if a requisite level of intelligence were not applied. — Allen Newell

I am not impressed with what people own. But I'm impressed with what they achieve. I'm proud to be a physician. Always strive to be the best in your field ... . Don't chase money. If you are the best in your field, money will find you. — Thomas J. Stanley

He reminded me to focus on the "trendlines," not just the headlines, and to relish the experiences. — Hillary Rodham Clinton

You always get one or two people that aren't going to be saying nice things. It doesn't really bother me, but you're always going to get a few people like that. — Georgia Salpa