Arbitrary benchmarks cheat kids out of a fulfilling education.

It is because they took the easy way out that rivers, and people, go crooked.

Jill Peterson

In all history there is no war which was not hatched by the governments, the governments alone, independent of the interests of the people, to whom war is always pernicious even when successful.

Leo Tolstoy

Schools must not become the agencies through which propaganda advocated by any section of society is spread. The method of control always a crucial problem should be in harmony with the fundamental values and principles of the states and the entire e

George Bernard Shaw

Since creation of the E.U. a half century ago, Europe has enjoyed the longest period of peace in its history.

John Bruton

Prepare yourself for the world, as the athletes used to do for their exercise; oil your mind and your manners, to give them the necessary suppleness and flexibility; strength alone will not do.

Lord Chesterfield

All that this world knows of living lies in giving -- and more giving; He that keeps, be sure he loses -Friendship grows by what it uses.

Alexander Maclaren

[Your] dream will challenge, prod and haunt you until you surrender to its call.

Wayne Cordeiro

That's the way it is with poetry: When it is incomprehensible it seems profound, and when you understand it, it is only ridiculous.

Galway Kinnell

Don't tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results.

General George Patton

The genre has moved into this commercial aspect of itself, and ignored this extraordinarily rich literature that's filed everywhere else except under travel.

Robyn Davidson

You've got to have a sense of humor to keep your sanity.

Lance Bass

Acting is pretty much my whole life.

Carol Kane