Don't ask to live in tranquil times. Literature doesn't grow there.
Date of birth: 1944-11-28
Quotes number: 38
Nationality: American
Profession: Writer
Our time is so specialized that we have people who know more and more or less and less.
There are many teachers who could ruin you. Before you know it you could be a pale copy of this teacher or that teacher. You have to evolve on your own.
The first and continuing argument for the curtailment of working hours and the raising of the minimum age was that education was necessary in a democracy and working children could not attend school.
Every man's ability may be strengthened or increased by culture.
'How do you know so much about everything?' was asked of a very wise and intelligent man; and the answer was 'By never being afraid or ashamed to ask questions as to anything of which I was ignorant.'
As a parent, I have a job as a role model to my children, and by extension, to other young people.
I think someone should explain to the child that it's OK to make mistakes. That's how we learn. When we compete, we make mistakes.
I would suggest that teachers show their students concrete examples of the negative effects of the actions that gangsta rappers glorify.
I'm not comfortable being preachy, but more people need to start spending as much time in the library as they do on the basketball court.
One man can be a crucial ingredient on a team, but one man cannot make a team.
