Alfie Kohn Quotes

Children learn how to make good decisions by making decisions, not by following directions.

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• President Reagan was elected on the promise of getting government off the backs of the people and now he demands that government wrap itself around the waists of the people.

  

  Ralph Nader
  • People
  • Government
  • Promise

• There is simply no room for racial, hurtful language spoken to your colleagues or anyone else.

  

  Pam Bondi
  • Language
  • Colleagues
  • Racial

• On 'Grey's Anatomy' I wouldn't care what I was playing - I would play a corpse, 'cause I love it that much. It is deep true love, and it will never die.

  

  Taylor Swift
  • True
  • Die
  • Play

• One of the joys of being at St. George is you were operating under the radar screen a lot of the time, and you could actually get on with things a lot more quickly and easily.

  

  Gail Kelly
  • Time
  • You
  • More

• When leaders throughout an organization take an active, genuine interest in the people they manage, when they invest real time to understand employees at a fundamental level, they create a climate for greater morale, loyalty, and, yes, growth.

  

  Patrick Lencioni
  • People
  • Time
  • Real

• We live in bodies that are fearfully and wonderfully made, yet they are not immune to illness and pain. We have hearts that are capable of experiencing great love, but sometimes they get broken.

  

  Adam Hamilton
  • For Her
  • For Him
  • Hearts

• American actresses have more problems than I do; I'm lucky to be able to play what I want for a smaller audience, because I have my own country to do that in.

  

  Carice van Houten
  • Country
  • American
  • Problems

• Writers who are activists are very rarely taken seriously as artists.

  

  Larry Kramer
  • Taken
  • Artists
  • Very

• I hate to travel with stuff.

  

  Manolo Blahnik
  • Hate
  • Travel
  • Stuff

• People shouldn't expect the mass media to do investigative stories. That job belongs to the 'fringe' media.

  

  Ted Koppel
  • People
  • Job
  • Media

• Religious symbols should be visible in public space, in a dignified and non-provocative manner. Christmas trees here, Jewish menorahs there and, further along, a minaret - these symbols represent human life in all its diversity.

  

  Tariq Ramadan
  • Life
  • Space
  • Religious

• Wine lovers have known for centuries that decanting wine before serving it often improves its flavor. Whatever the dominant process, the traditional decanter is a rather pathetic tool to accomplish it. A few years ago, I found I could get much better results by using an ordinary kitchen blender.

  

  Nathan Myhrvold
  • Process
  • Wine
  • Kitchen

• You don't start shooting rockets at Israel and expect that we'll just sit back supinely and die.

  

  Naftali Bennett
  • You
  • Die
  • Start

• I think really, China, Chinese, I think they really have a long history of civilization, rich culture.

  

  Dalai Lama
  • Long
  • History
  • Culture

• I try to get that across in the work, to try to, if I'm lucky, to make this world a little bit better for all of us before I check out. And that's if I'm lucky, I don't always get to have that privilege but I try always.

  

  Mandy Patinkin
  • World
  • Work
  • Better

• Saying you want to be a model when you grow up is akin to saying you want to win the Powerball when you grow up. It's awesome, and it's out of your control, and it's not a career path.

  

  Cameron Russell
  • Up
  • Career
  • Control

• Without the Fender bass, there'd be no rock n' roll or no Motown. The electric guitar had been waiting 'round since 1939 for a nice partner to come along. It became an electric rhythm section, and that changed everything.

  

  Quincy Jones
  • Nice
  • Rock
  • Waiting

• Mr. President, there comes to a time in the history of nations when fear and complacency allow power to accumulate and liberty and privacy to suffer. That time is now. And I will not let the PATRIOT Act, the most un-patriotic of acts, go unchallenged.

  

  Rand Paul
  • Time
  • Power
  • History

• I had a baby and stayed home for a couple of years, and I was really casting about, thinking, 'What am I going to do?' My husband's view of it was, 'Stay home... We'll have more children; you'll love this.' And I was very restless about it.

  

  Elizabeth Warren
  • Thinking
  • Children
  • Home

• If I could have one prayer answered, I would pray for patience. I move so fast sometimes. I try to slow down.

  

  Debra Winger
  • Prayer
  • Patience

• Myth: Bail-in plans would recapitalize big banks. Fact: big banks are far too insolvent to remotely be in a position for such restoration.

  

  Ziad K. Abdelnour
  • Myth
  • Banks
  • Restorian

• I know it is one of the most important instruments and inventions, the electric guitar, to me, since television or movies or anything like that.

  

  John 5 LOSER
  • Important
  • Inventions
  • Electric Guitar

• Second base is anything but magic. If it's anything at all, it's speed, sureness with your hands and lots of hard work.

  

  Nellie Fox
  • Magic
  • Hands
  • Speed

• Children learn how to make good decisions by making decisions, not by following directions.

  

  Alfie Kohn
  • Children
  • Learn
  • Directions