I am sure it is one's duty as a teacher to try to show boys that no opinions, no tastes, no emotions are worth much unless they are one's own. I suffered acutely as a boy from the lack of being shown this.

Past failures are guideposts to success.

Source Unknown

Nothing is more dangerous than an idea, when you only have one.

Alain Chartier

I realised how paranoid and guarded and not trusting - walled-in - I had become. Not consciously so, but just this armour that I kind of have, protective armour. It's not for my friends or family, but for being.outside in the world, always on guard.

Jennifer Aniston

My reason is not framed to bend or stoop: my knees are.

Michel de Montaigne

That was the day I began cutting classes and returning to TV tapings it ultimately led to a friendship with Johnny O, and an increasing fascination and respect for what he did.

Randy West

I've thought hard about my psychological connections and I think I've managed to separate out the psychological from the legal, moral, and political.

Alan Dershowitz

So much of my poetry begins with something that I can describe in visual terms, so thinking about distance, thinking about how life begins and what might be watching us.

Tracy K. Smith

When you meet someone new who instantly gets you, your sense of humor and your attitudes and your worldview, even if theirs are different - and you get them in return. You both talk and talk and agree and laugh and nod and yes, yes, of course you should get another round of drinks.

Erin Morgenstern

A love of nature is a consolation against failure.

Berthe Morisot

You were not born with the habit of brushing your teeth. With persistent action, over a period of time, you developed the habit. Now, I'll bet you would never consider going a week without brushing.

Paul R. Scheele

I love a hand that meets my own with a grasp that causes some sensation.

Samuel Osgood

I love doubleheaders. That way I get to keep my uniform on longer.

Tommy Lasorda