Transposition Didactique Quotes & Sayings

People were not charmed with Eglantine because she herself was charming, but because she was charmed. — Ada Leverson

I don't like basements, but definitely basements could be poems. Not fond of skin diseases, but again, there's a pattern. Probably anything could be a poem. — Matthea Harvey

The anti-Stratfordians hold that Shakespeare didn't write Shakespeare's plays - it was another fellow of the same name, or of a different name. In this they invert the megalomaniacal equation and make themselves not the elect, but the superior of the elect. Barred from composing Shakespeare's plays by a regrettable temporal accident, they, in the fantasy of most every editor, accept the mantle of primum mobile, consign the (falsely named) creator to oblivion, and turn to the adulation of the crowd for their deed of discovery and insight - so much more thoughtful and intellectual than the necessarily sloppy work of the writer. — David Mamet

When you have kids, I think it makes them feel safer and be in a space to grow more and recognize patterns when routines exist. — Michael Adam Hamilton

Once you understand that someone has Tourette and that they can't help their tics, it takes away the distraction. And you can engage your compassion. You feel for them. You embrace them. — Dylan McDermott

Fanaticism displays itself in the masses; but the masses were rarely fanaticised; and the crimes ascribed to it were commonly due to the calculations of dispassionate politicians. — Lord Acton

I'm very scared, Buster. Yes, at last. Because it could go on forever. Not knowing what's yours until you've thrown it away. — Truman Capote

I fell in love with you because there was a mischief in your eyes. — Michka Assayas

The child, in fact, once he feels sure of himself, will no longer seek the approval of authority after every step. — Maria Montessori

Nader's data could not have been clearer, or more unsettling. He demonstrated that the very act of remembering something makes it vulnerable to change. Like a text recalled from a computer's hard drive, each memory was subject to editing. First you have to search the computer for the the text and then bring it to the screen, at which point you can alter it and save it. Whether the changes are slight or extensive, the new document is never quite the same as the original. — Rebecca Skloot

You realize you've been duped by a fish," I said, watching the catfish grin at me before slipping into the dark waters, lost from view. Puck shrugged.
"Hey, it was going to name one of its grandfish after me," he said, tossing the line into the water again. "That's one of my rules, you know. I refuse to eat anything that names its kid after me. — Julie Kagawa

Once I looked into a mirror at my face I felt like it was completely convincing. I was Salieri. — F. Murray Abraham

The devil tempts us not; 'tis we who tempt him, beckoning his skill with opportunity. — George Eliot

366. Life is a game where nobody wins..
except for those who believe and do good deeds ... (Qur'an, Surah "Al Asr"). — Alija Izetbegovic