Tushman Wonder Quotes & Sayings

And who among the company at Monseigneur's reception in that seventeen hundred and eightieth year of our Lord, could possibly doubt, that a system rooted in a frizzled hangman, powdered, gold-laced, pumped, and white-silk stockinged, would see the very stars out! — Charles Dickens

Here Mr. Tushman looked up at the audience. "Kinder than is necessary," he repeated. "What a marvelous line, isn't it? Kinder than is necessary. Because it's not enough to be kind. One should be kinder than needed. Why I love that line, that concept, is that it reminds me that we carry with us, as human beings, not just the capacity to be kind, but the very choice of kindness. And what does that mean? How is that measured? You can't use a yardstick. It's like I was saying just before: it's not like measuring how much you've grown in a year. It's not exactly quantifiable, is it? How do we know we've been kind? What is being kind, anyway? — R.J. Palacio

Now, he realized, he simply had to take what he wanted. He had to control the winds, not the other way around (p. 434). — Rick Riordan

If you haven't done much giving in your life-try it and see how you feel afterwards. — Michelle Moore

Despite failing to get bin Laden, the U.S. government and media portrayed the early Afghanistan war as a great victory. — Michael Hastings

Wars come and wars go,' he said. 'Things change, but the carousel is always here. It reminds people of the good times. — Glenda Millard

Here I was looking for symbolism and metaphors and um ... sometimes a duck is just a duck!
Mr. Tushman — R.J. Palacio

Tushman asked me to hang out with him at the beginning of the year, and he must have told all the teachers to put us next to each other in all our classes, or something. The — R.J. Palacio

Twin terrors: to be awake; to be asleep. — Gretel Ehrlich

Hey hey, I know!" said Dad excitedly. "Let's fix them up on a blind date! Can you imagine? Miss Butt, meet Mr. Tushman. Mr. Tushman, here's Miss Butt. They could get married and have a bunch of little Tushies. — R.J. Palacio

Erik said: "But the Aryan race must be superior - we rule the world!" "Your Nazi friends don't know any history," Father said. "The Ancient Egyptians built the pyramids when Germans were living in caves. Arabs ruled the world in the Middle Ages - the Muslims were doing algebra when German princes could not write their own names. It's nothing to do with race. — Ken Follett