Anti History Teacher Quotes

#1. And here, in truth, was the inexperienced youth's great danger - the danger of mistaking in others a mere profession of religion for heart piety, and of being himself led to rest satisfied with a form of godliness.

George E. Sargent

#2. Most likely, they were writing the same type of macho bullshit that I wrote, trying to sound tough with their words in case words were all that made it home.

Clint Van Winkle

#3. After the Ramones, it was more about new wave for me than punk.

Eddie Vedder

#4. [ ... ] it is not easy to talk [ ... ] religion to men who measure excellence by forbidden meats [ ... ]

Richard Francis Burton

#5. My dear girl, there are some things that just aren't done, such as drinking Dom Perignon '53 above the temperature of 38 degrees Fahrenheit. That's just as bad as listening to the Beatles without earmuffs!

Sean Connery

#6. Somebody will come up to me after a show and have me sign their arm, and the next time I see them my autograph has been permanently inscribed on their arm.

Al Yankovic

#7. Deciding what to read is also a matter of filtering.

Jean-Claude Carriere

#8. Law is par excellence the thing that wants a reason. Now the only possible way of accounting for the laws of nature, and for uniformity in general, is to suppose them results of evolution.

Charles Sanders Peirce

#9. Someone must lead the way.

Henning Mankell

#10. The more accurately one can illuminate a particular human experience, the better the work of art.

Claire Messud

#11. There's nothing wrong with trying to reach out to new fans.

Carrot Top

#12. Improvisation helps because you get what's on the page and you make it a little more palatable to your tongue. And that's the beauty of creating and being spontaneous. That's the way I love to work.

Taraji P. Henson

#13. Confronted with the truly microscopic, all loftiness is hopeless, completely meaningless. The diminutive of the parts is more impressive than the monumentality of the whole. I no longer have any use for the sweeping gestures of heroes on the global stage. I'm going for a walk.

Joseph Roth