Touchline Thuma Quotes & Sayings

If something doesn't start out right, it won't end up right. — J.J. Staples

The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool. — William Shakespeare

Great mischief comes from attempts to steady other people's altars ... — Mary Baker Eddy

Asian children can perform basic functions, such as addition, far more easily. Ask an English-speaking seven-year-old to add thirty-seven plus twenty-two in her head, and she has to convert the words to numbers (37 + 22). Only then can she do the math: 2 plus 7 is 9 and 30 and 20 is 50, which makes 59. Ask an Asian child to add three-tens-seven and two-tens-two, and then the necessary equation is right there, embedded in the sentence. No number translation is necessary: It's five-tens-nine. — Malcolm Gladwell

The opinion of the great body of the reading public is very materially influenced even by the unsupported assertions of those who assume a right to criticize. — Thomas B. Macaulay

There's no wrong you can't make right again, so be kinder to yourself; you know, have fun, take chances. Those bounds. — Jewel

I am Joe's Complete Lack of Surprise. — Chuck Palahniuk

To these ideals which were instilled in me when I was a youth, I attribute in a large degree the success that was mine on the bicycle tracks of the world. — Major Taylor

I don't miss him, I miss who I thought he was. — Anonymous

Maps, contour maps and all maps, intrigue us for the metaphors that they are: tools to give us a sense of something whose truth is far richer but without which we would perceive nothing and never find our bearings. — Zia Haider Rahman

If the people are victorious against the government, the nation will be weak; if the government is victorious against the people, the military will have strength. [thus they] will have the means by which they may fight, and thus ascend to supremacy. — Shang Yang

I'm terribly fastidious. I like symmetry and neatness, but my house is as chaotic as any other family's. — Kevin McCloud