Alan Simpson Famous Quotes
The word liberal distinguishes whatever nourishes the mind and spirit from the training which is merely practical or professional or from the trivialities which are no training at all.
"A society like ours, which professes no one religion and has allowed all religions to decay, which indulges freedom to the point of license and individualism to the point of anarchy, needs all the support that responsible, cultivated homes can furnish. I hope your generation will provide a firmer shelter for civilized standards."
"An educated man ... is thoroughly inoculated against humbug, thinks for himself and tries to give his thoughts, in speech or on paper, some style."
"Any education that matters is liberal. All the saving truths, all the healing graces that distinguish a good education from a bad one or a full education from a half empty one are contained in that word."
Alan Simpson Quotations
A person determined never to be wrong won't likely accomplish much.
Ken Wisdom
"Billy No I will not make out with you. Did ya hear that this girl wants to make out with me in the middle of class. You got Chlorophyll Man up there talking about God knows what and all she can talk about is making out with me. I'm here to learn, everybody, not to make out with you. Go on with the chlorophyll."
Billy Madison
Courage is more than standing for a firm conviction. It includes the risk of questioning that conviction.
Julian Weber Gordon
Do your bit to save humanity from lapsing back into barbarity by reading all the novels you can.
Richard Hughes
"Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past, threatens the future and renders the present inaccessible."
Maya Angelou
"The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall."
Nelson Mandela
"For four-fifths of our history, our planet was populated by pond scum."
J W Schopf
"Every generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it."
George Orwell
"When our eyes see our hands doing the work of our hearts, the circle of Creation is completed inside us, the doors of our souls fly open and love steps forth to heal everything in sight."
Michael Bridge
"Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart. The really great men must, I think, have great sadness on Earth."
Feodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky