The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don’t just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.” – attribution of quote still in question, but ain’t [...]
Posts Tagged ‘quotes’
on vocabaulary.
Posted in 2010, tagged lexican!, quotes, word snobbery on 29 June 2010 | 1 Comment »
quote for the week/weak:
Posted in 2010, tagged quotes on 28 March 2010 | 1 Comment »
The truth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feeling deeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in such moments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of our ruts and start searching for different ways or truer answers. — M. Scott Peck
on writing.
Posted in 2010, tagged quotes on 14 February 2010 | 1 Comment »
“To write: to try meticulously to retain something, to cause something to survive; to wrest a few precises scraps from the void as it grows, to leave somewhere a furrow, a trace, a mark or a few signs.” –George Perecon writi
quotes: on my philosophy towards teaching
Posted in 2009, tagged books, quotes, teaching on 15 December 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up people to collect wood and don’t assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea. “ -Antoine de Saint-Exupery {from the author of the little prince. phew. that one hits me in the gut, it’s so [...]
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Posted in 2009, tagged quotes on 15 September 2009 | 1 Comment »
“Prioritize ruthlessly, communicate excessively.” – Adam Newman speaking to education enthusiasts at the Ednet conference (via emphasisadded) valuable advice for teachers, i’d say. seriously, you don’t know how close i am to getting this tattooed somewhere on my arm. also? about the hardest thing for me to master right now.
quote: knock-me-right-over-profound edition
Posted in 2009, tagged quotes, the deep end on 28 July 2009 | 1 Comment »
“Attention is the most concrete expression of love. What you pay attention to thrives. What you do not pay attention to withers and dies.” whoa. just…wow. in the imitable words of the fire theft, why is it that the simplest things are so hard to grasp? so…what are you paying attention to? squirrel-note: i just [...]
quotes:
Posted in 2009, tagged quotes on 17 May 2009 | 1 Comment »
“It is no measure of health to be well-adjusted in a profoundly sick society.” — J. Krishnamurti
how i feel about it sometimes: 28 year old edition
Posted in 2009, tagged how i feel about it sometimes, quotes on 27 April 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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Posted in 2009, tagged quotes on 15 April 2009 | Leave a Comment »
You can clutch the past so tightly to your chest that it leaves your arms too full to embrace the present.” – Jan Glidewell (via brokenmachine)
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Posted in 2008, tagged quotes on 26 March 2009 | Leave a Comment »
You’re so fond of gossip you don’t give the truth a chance to put its pants on.” — A Good Woman (via filmquotes) (via quote-book)
