Yardsticks Responsive Classroom Quotes & Sayings

A policeman's lot is not a happy one — W.S. Gilbert

The world is a fine place. The only thing wrong with it is us. How little justice and humility there is in us, how poorly we understand patriotism! — Anton Chekhov

The future has taken root in the present. — Nicol Williamson

Drugs, cataplasms, and whiskey are stupid substitutes for the dignity and potency of divine mind and its efficacy to heal. — Mary Baker Eddy

It was complicated. I understood it, mostly, but I had to think a little sideways to do it. — Patricia Briggs

You don't want to vilify your ego. — Jeff Bridges

When I was in graduate school, my thesis included both poetry and essays. Influenced by the personal essays of James Baldwin and Norman Mailer, I loved the form, but pretty much stopped. — Stephen Vincent Benet

I wonder sometimes if the motivation for writers ought to be contempt, not admiration. — Orson Scott Card

I avoid literature whenever possible, because whenever possible I avoid myself ... — Thomas Bernhard

If the music does not penetrate the heart, the soul, the mind, and the body ... Then you ain't gon' feel it. — Peter Tosh

At my age, you need to verify that everything is fine. I put a lot of pressure on my body, and I feel sometimes pain in my back and in my knees, so I have to be sure that I can keep on training hard before going on. — Hermann Maier

Start each morning with appreciation, love, and gratitude. — Debasish Mridha