John Dewey Quotes

Anyone who has begun to think, places some portion of the world in jeopardy.

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• We ended up New Year's Eve playin' a show. My date had stood me up, and I remember walkin' back to my friends with, like, two minutes before midnight and thinkin', 'I'm not gonna have anybody to kiss on New Year's.' And there she was, standin' right there, and I remember kissin' her, and then that was game over.

  

  Zac Brown Band
  • Up
  • She
  • Friends

• A bad review is even less important than whether it is raining in Patagonia.

  

  Iris Murdoch
  • Important
  • Bad
  • Review

• I've never had a study in my life. I'm like Jane Austen - I work on the corner of the dining table.

  

  A. N. Wilson
  • Life
  • Work
  • Study

• I love Coco de Mer.

  

  Ozwald Boateng
  • Love
  • I Love

• All too often, government's response to social breakdown has been a classic case of 'patching' - a case of handing money out, containing problems and limiting the damage but, in doing so, supporting - even reinforcing - dysfunctional behaviour.

  

  Iain Duncan Smith
  • Money
  • Government
  • Problems

• The beauty about living in Atlanta is that there aren't too many paparazzi here; you can just relax. And that really works for me and my children.

  

  Usher
  • Children
  • Beauty
  • Relax

• You have to be willing to ask questions that almost no one else would ask.

  

  Samantha Bee
  • You
  • Questions
  • Ask

• I am sure that the party system is right and necessary. There must be some scum.

  

  A. P. Herbert
  • Party
  • Right
  • System

• Millions of us, myself included, go back generations in this country, with ancestors who put in the painstaking work to become citizens. So we don't like the notion that anyone might get a free pass to American citizenship.

  

  Barack Obama
  • Work
  • Country
  • American

• Elves are cool, man.

  

  Orlando Bloom
  • Man
  • Cool
  • Elves

• The man who is intent on making the most of his opportunities is too busy to bother about luck.

  

  B. C. Forbes
  • Man
  • Chance
  • Luck

• You have to really prove yourself to young people, and if your answer is clear and consistent and loving - even if it's angry and disappointed - what's important is that you're being real and honest and not going anywhere.

  

  Vanessa Diffenbaugh
  • People
  • Important
  • Real

• If we go back in the history of different nations, violence and the use of force are part of their heritage. These are the traditions of mankind.

  

  Harri Holkeri
  • Different
  • History
  • Violence

• I didn't get into rap to be no lyrical genius. I got into rap to feed my family and help the people in need around me, that's it. A lot of people say, 'Man, Waka Flocka ain't go no lyrics,' so I was like, 'Yeah, you right!'

  

  Waka Flocka Flame
  • People
  • Family
  • Help

• I'm not a rock singer and I don't want to be a rock singer. I'm not interested. It doesn't seem to get across.

  

  Van Morrison
  • Want
  • Rock
  • Seem

• In tight quarters, it's important to choose small-scale items.

  

  Candice Olson
  • Important
  • Small
  • Choose

• People tend to forget their duties but remember their rights.

  

  Indira Gandhi
  • People
  • Remember
  • Forget

• When I was very little my mother said I used to draw in the air with my fingers. I needed a pencil. Once I could hold one, I have drawn every day since.

  

  Oscar Niemeyer
  • Mother
  • Day
  • Air

• Mankind owns four things that are no good at sea: rudder, anchor, oars and the fear of going down.

  

  Antonio Machado
  • Good
  • Fear
  • Sea

• 'The Count' wasn't a real stretch. I was doing pretty generic Bela Lugosi bad vampire on purpose. It was supposed to be lame. I didn't put fangs on; it was a guy who was just going through the motions. I drew on the widow's peak with eyebrow pencil and wore a turtleneck, not a tux.

  

  Joe Flaherty
  • Real
  • Bad
  • Guy

• I think I survived by running away some. Running away to work.

  

  Liam Neeson
  • Work
  • Running

• Now, I've always known that there were bullies in the world. We've seen a lot of it in politics lately as well as in daily life. You see it where people who may be stronger, or bigger, or better with verbiage than other folks... show off. To me, that's what bullying is, showing off. It's saying, I'm better than you, I can take you down. Not just physically, but emotionally.

  

  Whoopi Goldberg
  • World
  • Stronger
  • Bullying

• Anyone who has begun to think, places some portion of the world in jeopardy.

  

  John Dewey
  • World