I've learned that certain things are much harder than when you write about them in a book.
Sal Khan
Recitation: by Male by Female
You learn over years of expeditions that having faith, and putting one foot in front of the other, you do end up pulling off climbs that seem completely impossible. There's a certain beauty to that. It has an allure.
Jimmy Chin
BeautyFaithImpossibleEndLearn
Now with social media, people essentially come into my living room, my virtual living room, and tell me everything that is wrong with me.
Jen Lancaster
Social MediaPeopleMeMediaLiving
A university is what a college becomes when the faculty loses interest in the students.
John Ciardi
CollegeUniversityStudentsInterest
Over the years, I've come to recognize that democratization in Ethiopia is not just a matter of choice. It's a matter of national survival. I am deeply convinced that we either democratize and have a good chance of surviving, or if we fail to do so, we disintegrate.
Meles Zenawi
GoodI AmChanceSurvivalChoice
The thing is, we live in a contemporary world, and being able to make yourself the best person you can possible be can be difficult. But as long as you're trying to figure it out, and you're really looking in the right direction, everything's going to be all right.
Andie MacDowell
LiveBestYourselfWorldLooking
We've got a lot of work to do: not only on education, but on the economy, on our tax code, and on reducing our crushing debt.
Michael Bennet
WorkEducationTaxDebtEconomyGot
People go to the movies to watch a film and all they're thinking about is the actress's cellulite they saw in a magazine.
Robert Carlyle
PeopleThinkingGoMoviesWatchSaw
I've got to say, I'm a Rand Paul fan.
Ronan Farrow
SayGotFanPaulRand
They can certainly expect to be very impressed with the technical aspects of the show, fooled and led up the garden path by the story and ultimately have a jolly good laugh!
Louise Jameson
GoodPathStoryLaughGardenUp
I want big ideas to have aesthetic relevance. I want to tickle people's intellectual sensibilities and instill a sense of wonder.
Jason Silva
PeopleIdeasAestheticWonderWant
My real name is Bob Davis, but for some reason, I got the name Jasper while playing football at the local rec when I was nine years old, and it just stuck. Years later, when someone asked 'Jasper who?' I just said 'Carrott' - but I have no idea why I came out with that particular word.
Jasper Carrott
FootballNameSomeoneSaidWhyReal
To me, the avocation of a teacher has something elevating and exciting. While surrounded by the young, one may always be doing good.
Dorothea Dix
GoodTeacherMeDoingYoungAlways
Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Quote by Sal Khan