Frankie Manning Quotes

#1. How fast has brother followed brother, From sunshine to the sunless land!

William Wordsworth

#2. A noble sentiment, said Saphira. But do you really want to give your enemies hope? Do you want to stab Galbatorix with hope?

Christopher Paolini

#3. I've never seen a Lindy Hopper who wasn't smiling. It's a happy dance. It makes you feel good.

Frankie Manning

#4. I never taught people where to step on '2', because when I learned how to dance there was no '2'. We just danced to the music.

Frankie Manning

#5. Practice empathy. Try to see things from other people's points of view.

H. Jackson Brown Jr.

#6. Lindy Hoppers never die - they just swing out.

Frankie Manning

#7. I don't think the trial practice is dead. But it is very ill. There are some days you could throw a hand grenade down the hall of the Harris County Courthouse and not hit anybody.

Joe Jamail

#8. People do sometimes change, of course. Habits, allegiances, dreams are all alterable, but only under extraordinary pressure - like great love, fear, grief. More often, people don't change. A girl who never missed a day of work does not suddenly decide to stay home in bed, for no good reason.

Josephine Humphreys

#9. I've been practicing serial monogamy with one loser after another since I was eighteen. You can't deny I'm an asshole magnet.

Avery Flynn

#10. I'm not interested in fame and glory. It's just that I would like others to know what a happy dance this is.

Frankie Manning

#11. You know what they say. One man's joke is another man's brother

Neil Leckman

#12. Great teaching - just plain old knock 'em dead, get it right, make 'em laugh, make 'em wonder instruction - is always going to be rare. Good teachers abound. Great ones are special.

Robert Krulwich