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teaching men self
Cynicism is the intellectual cripple's substitute for intelligence. It is the dishonest businessman's substitute for conscience. It is the communicator's substitute, whether he is advertising man or editor or writer, for self-respect. Russell Lynes
teaching writing care
I have no interest in teaching writers how to sell. I want to teach them how to write. If the process is sound, the product will take care of itself, and sales are likely to follow. William Zinsser
teaching rights civilization
Anglo-Saxon civilization has taught the individual to protect his own rights; American civilization will teach him to respect the rights of others. William Jennings Bryan
teaching learning association
Cramming seeks to stamp things in by intense application immediately before the ordeal. But a thing thus learned can form but few associations. William James
teaching praise wit
There is no such whetstone, to sharpen a good wit and encourage a will to learning, as is praise. Roger Ascham
teaching college usc
I teach at USC, and it's obvious to anyone who teaches college students that they don't cover much modern history and certainly not the modern presidency. Robert Scheer
teaching inquiry discussion
Freedom of inquiry, freedom of discussion, and freedom of teaching - without these a university cannot exist. Robert M. Hutchins
teaching average giving
I was never capable of being an average pupil. I would either seem refractory to any teaching and give the impression of being completely dumb or I would fling myself on my work with a frenzy, a patience, and a willingness to learn that astonished everybody. But to awaken my zeal, it was necessary to offer me something I liked. Once my appetite had been whetted, I became ravenously hungry. Salvador Dali
teaching school thinking
The lessons one learns at school are not always the ones the school thinks it's teaching. Salman Rushdie
years because-i-can filing
My filing system's really crap because I can never decide whether to sort things by studio, or year, or where I lived. Richard D. James
years track done
I've always got to change something. All the tracks I've done in the last five years were made in like six different studios. It gets a bit complicated.
years people twenties
Once you've been doing anything for twenty-five years people start to notice you. Robbie Coltraine
years numbers together
Not being able to protect her from things was the most frightening thing I'd ever felt, and it kicked in as soon as we got together. With every year we spent together, I became more conscious that I now had an infinitely expanding number of reasons to be afraid. I had something to lose. Rob Sheffield
years trying way
The way I have progressed as a writer over the years is to try and stay true to the principles I absorbed. Rob Chapman
years league black
They were and still are a groundbreaking band. Even though they haven't released any new music in ages, you can put on the first Black Sabbath album and it still sounds as fresh today as it did 30-odd years ago. And that's because great music has a timeless ability: To me, Sabbath are in the same league as the Beatles or Mozart. They're on the leading edge of something extraordinary. Rob Halford
years complaining matter
If the professors of English will complain to me that the students who come to the universities, after all those years of study, still cannot spell 'friend,' I say to them that something's the matter with the way you spell friend. Richard P. Feynman
years age earth
All qualified physicists, biologists, cosmologists and geologists agree, on the basis of massive, mutually corroborating evidence, that the earth's age is at least four billion years. Richard Dawkins
years two looks
A few years ago I wrote two versions of my obituary, the one I wanted and the one I was heading for. They were very different. I realized I needed to make some big changes if I was going to look back and be proud of my life. I am making those changes, and now I have a life worth living. Roz Savage
skills shame rashness
To be rash is to be bold without shame and without skill.
skills littles sticks
Learning to shoot firearms to me is a little like driving stick - it seems like a decent skill to have. Sarah Wayne Callies
skills criticism spleen
There are come Critics so with Spleen diseased, They scarcely come inclining to be pleased: And sure he must have more than mortal Skill, Who please one against his Will. William Congreve
skills ideas impact
Most poets are elitist dregs more concerned with proving their skill with a dictionary than communicating ideas with impact. Henry Rollins
skills ideas stories
I lack the skill to hold a story line for the length required for a novel or even a short story. I have never had an idea that could withstand a hundred thousand words, or even ten thousand words of rubber meeting the road.
skills leader inspire
Leaders create and inspire new leaders by instilling faith in their leadership abilities and helping them develop and hone leadership skills they don't know they possess. John C. Maxwell
skills people influence
Authority: The skill of getting people to willingly do your will, because of your personal influence. James Hunter
skills texas practice
At Texas A&M you learn first to follow, then to develop and practice your leadership skills, and finally you become someone others want to follow. James R. Thompson
skills giving dignity
Education can give you a skill, but a liberal education can give you dignity. Ellen Key