Nina Bawden Quotes

Adults get more confused by social worker jargon. Unlike children, they are also less likely to see two sides of an argument, and they no longer think they can make the world a better place. That can make them rather boring, I suppose.

Nina Bawden

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: January 19, 1925 - August 22, 2012

Topics

ChildrenWorldThinkBetterConfused

I grew up in Lake Orion, Mich. What was best about Lake Orion where, where we grew up was it was a suburb of Detroit but had a lot of open space around.

Andrew J. Feustel

BestSpaceLakeDetroitOpenUp

Close scrutiny will show that most 'crisis situations' are opportunities to either advance, or stay where you are.

Maxwell Maltz

OpportunitiesYouCrisisWillStay

We cannot lightly allow the perpetrator of a serious crime to go free simply because that person believed his actions were reasonable and necessary to prevent some perceived harm.

Sol Wachtler

FreePersonGoSeriousCrimeHarm

Politics is the science of who gets what, when, and why.

Sidney Hillman

SciencePoliticsWhyWhoGets

Motion pictures are the art form of the 20th century, and one of the reasons is the fact that films are a slightly corrupted artform. They fit this century - they combine Art and business!

Roger Corman

BusinessArtPicturesMotionCentury

The Sixth Amendment secures to persons charged with crime the right to be tried by an impartial jury reflecting a fair cross-section of the community.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

CommunityCrimeFairRightJury

At the time I was diagnosed with Crohn's disease, my doctors told me that I had an incurable illness and they didn't know much about it.

Mary Ann Mobley

TimeMeKnowIllnessDiseaseMuch

The white working class wants jobs. They don't want to be stuck trying to make ends meet with part-time work and government assistance. They want a good paying job that they can take pride in. The type of job that has fled America thanks to the Left.

Milo Yiannopoulos

WorkGoodJobGovernmentPrideMeet

Love looks through a telescope; envy, through a microscope.

Josh Billings

LoveEnvyLooksThroughTelescope

In the pulpit, we're supposed to present the teaching with all of its unvarnished clarity, but when you step out of the pulpit, you have to meet people where they are and try to walk with them.

Donald Wuerl

WalkStepPeoplePresentYouMeet

I'm really interested in the new nonfiction. I think the hyper-digital culture has changed our brains in ways we cannot begin to fathom.

David Shields

CultureThinkNewBeginBrains

Being a husband is a whole-time job. That is why so many husbands fail. They cannot give their entire attention to it.

Arnold Bennett

JobHusbandAttentionWhyFailGive

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