Most tasks and tests will demand recall of isolated pieces of information, and I will not have to show how concepts and ideas are related or how facts illustrate underlying principles.

If I memorize enough stuff, I can get a good grade.

The teacher "teaches" and the students "sit and listen" or learn passively.

"Thinking" is not something we talk about.

If we ask enough questions about a difficult assignment, we can get the teacher to make it easier and less demanding.

The teacher is the only one worth listening to.

If we wait long enough, a teacher will answer her own question, so we won't have to do much work.

Books and teachers are always "right", and we learn only from them, not from any other resource in the room, such as our friends.

The answer to most questions can be given in one or two words, and no one will challenge you to go deeper.

There is one "right answer" to any question, and it is in the book to be read.

Real Women are not Weak but are Wonderers, they Propel Men to Greatness

The never-ceasing boom of the great ocean as it breaks on the beach, drowns all smaller sounds.

Authority forgets a dying king.

There is this paradox in pride - it makes some men ridiculous, but prevents others from becoming so.

It never occurs to Arnold that the ball won't go in the hole, but I'm always surprised when it does.

Just because others have it worse doesn’t mean you have to suffer in silence.

I put my talent in my work, I save my Genius for my life.

In college, my friend Melanie and I used to have weekly Jimmy Stewart viewings, and 'Harvey' seemed to make its way into the rotation an inordinate amount of times.

Sydney, this is the kind of shirt that says, ‘You’re never getting in here.

Elementary particles are terribly boring, which is one reason why we're so interested in them.