Torrey Harris Quotes & Sayings

Focus on stillness, rather than on movement — Morihei Ueshiba

Education is the preparation of the individual for reciprocal union with society; the preparation of the individual so that he can help his fellow-men and in return receive and appreciate their help. — William Torrey Harris

Women often use large fake breasts like a gun, pointing the weapon at you in an attempt to garner the attention their father never gave them. — Dov Davidoff

I want it to smell of magnolias instead
of peanuts and I want my shoes to crunch on the same gravel that Lee's
boots crunched on. There's no beauty without poignancy and there's no
poignancy without the feeling that it's going, men, names, books,
houses
bound for dust
mortal
— F Scott Fitzgerald

Let me tell you something. As we were walking around in the store, Marilyn and I were just really impressed by all the novelties and the different types of little things that you could get for Christmas. And all the people that would help you, they were dressed up in things that said 'I believe in Santa Claus.' And the only thing that I could think is that I believe in George Bush. — Dan Quayle

It's okay,' he said. 'I mean, it's not great, but it's okay. — Stephen King

Ninety-nine [students] out of a hundred are automata, careful to walk in prescribed paths, careful to follow the prescribed custom. This is not an accident but the result of substantial education, which, scientifically defined, is the subsumption of the individual. — William Torrey Harris

My death would not be another beginning. — Jodi Meadows

Businesses should follow and learn from others successes and failures in order to better understand and predict their own. — Ben Mezrich

Nothing reveals character more than self-sacrifice. So the highest knowledge we have of God is through the gift of His Son. — William Torrey Harris

The great purpose of school can be realized better in dark, airless, ugly places ... It is to master the physical self, to transcend the beauty of nature. School should develop the power to withdraw from the external world. — William Torrey Harris

The last time I saw this many doctors was in 1982 at the NFL Combine. They flew me in, put me in a nice hotel and took great care of me. All you have to do is just pick up the phone and call P.A.S.T. and they will do the rest for you. I am very proud of the P.A.S.T. program. — Rob Brown

Doing that, then doing a lot of theater, which I love. Doing guest stars, did two independent films that are going around to all these festivals. Both of them are going to be at the Lake Tahoe Film Festival. — Austin Peck

Our schools have been scientifically designed to prevent over-education from happening. The average American [should be] content with their humble role in life, because they're not tempted to think about any other role. — William Torrey Harris

The most prolific and accomplished hunters were not the most bloodthirsty and indefatigable. They were the most cool and empathetic. They were the ones who were able to assimilate their quarry's mind-set
to see through the eyes of their prey and thus reliably predict its deft, innate trajectories of evasion. — Kevin Dutton

For a relationship to work, their needs to be comprimise on both sides — Joshua Wright