Hofferth Quotes

#1. From 1997 to 2003, there was a decline of 50 percent in the proportion of children nine to twelve who spent time in such outside activities as hiking, walking, fishing, beach play, and gardening, according to a study by Sandra Hofferth at the University of Maryland.

Richard Louv

#2. When I'm in London I do have the convenience of being close to St James Park which is also good for me because it gives me an excuse to get out and get some much needed exercise!

David Blunkett

#3. I am willing to serve my country, but my worship I reserve for Right which is far greater than my country. To worship my country as a god is to bring a curse upon it.

Rabindranath Tagore

#4. There are no immovable barriers to education.

Irina Bokova

#5. GRAPESHOT, n. An argument which the future is preparing in answer to the demands of American Socialism.

Ambrose Bierce

#6. Hearts can't be broken because they're made of marzipan.

Kerstin Gier

#7. Her virtue was that she said what she thought, her vice that what she thought didn't amount to much.

Peter Ustinov

#8. You took forever," I whisper. "I took ten minutes." "It seemed like forever." "It always does when I'm not with you," he murmurs, pulling me into him.

Claire Contreras

#9. Never can tell when you might come on somebody needs skinning.

Louis L'Amour

#10. In the Rodgers and Hammerstein generation, popular hits came out of shows and movies.

Stephen Sondheim

#11. When you're at rock bottom, strap on a different pair of boots and start climbing - The New Mrs D

Heather Hill

#12. To me, if you are in the same building with Peter Sellers or John Cleese, or any of those guys and holding your own making other people laugh, that's a compliment.

Alice Cooper

#13. Politically correct speech will not defeat the enemy.

Kevin McCarthy