It was an ongoing struggle to say no, I don't want to be a part of the perpetuation of this stereotype.

Let the main object... to seek and to find a method of instruction, by which teachers may teach less, but learners learn more.

Not the children of the rich or of the powerful only, but of all alike, boys and girls, both noble and ignoble, rich and poor, in all cities and towns, villages and hamlets, should be sent to school

Three things give the student the possibility of surpassing his teacher: ask a lot of questions, remember the answers, teach.

Much can be learned in play that will afterwards be of use when the circumstances demand it.

The school is the manufactory of humanity.

Let us have but one end in view, the welfare of humanity; and let us put aside all selfishness in consideration of language, nationality, or religion.

Boyhood is distracted for years with precepts of grammar that are infinitely prolix, perplexed and obscure.

Preserve there [bohemia] a hidden seed to glorify thy name.

To teach means scarcely anything more than to show how things differ from one another in their different purposes, forms, and origins. ... Therefore, he who differentiates well teaches well.

Despite the fact that I had a writing background, they didn't want to accept whatever ideas I had as a writer.

Sometimes, the only soul that can mend a broken heart is the one that broke it. For they are the ones holding all the pieces.

Things are never going to turn out how you think they will.

You try to find things that are challenging and interesting and hopefully it will be the same to the audience.

If there are bleachers in heaven and a warm sun, that's where you'll find Bill Veeck.

I'm against this huge globalisation on the basis of economic advantage.

It's human nature for people to expect people to be what they see on the screen.

Everything becomes and recurs eternally - escape is impossible!

He has been outstanding. [Manuel] Neuer is an extraordinary goalkeeper, who would deserve to win it.

I have the thickest skin of anyone you'll ever meet. No one can say anything about me I haven't heard a million times before.

He runs a very tightly knit ship