Linda Darling Hammond Quotes

#1. Life doesn't come with four choices.

Linda Darling-Hammond

#2. Chimps are very quick to have a sudden fight or aggressive episode, but they're equally as good at reconciliation.

Jane Goodall

#3. A true philosopher must never give up.

Jostein Gaarder

#4. A democratic education means that we educate people in a way that ensures they can think independently, that they can use information, knowledge, and technology, among other things, to draw their own conclusions.

Linda Darling-Hammond

#5. Truth can well out of a man like blood from a wound, and it can be just as disconcerting to look at.

Robin Hobb

#6. The little girl knew if she bit any member of her family, they would get rabies too, and she died without ever having been petted. I cried so hard Mrs. Underwood had to take me to the school nurse.

Fannie Flagg

#7. Horizontal (human-centered) grief is much less concerned with being broken and more concerned with being busted.

Matt Chandler

#8. She had never had a boy talk to her like that. There was no cover of bullshit, no flirtation, no added charm, but his look was searing. He was different from anyone she had known.

Ann Brashares

#9. If we taught babies to talk as most skills are taught in school, they would memorize lists of sounds in a predetermined order and practice them alone in a closet.

Linda Darling-Hammond

#10. We can't fire our way to Finland.

Linda Darling-Hammond

#11. We think we are unique, special and deserving of happiness, but we are terrified of being alone.

Sara Maitland

#12. In 1970 the top three skills required by the Fortune 500 were the three Rs: reading, writing, and arithmetic. In 1999 the top three skills in demand were teamwork, problem-solving, and interpersonal skills. We need schools that are developing these skills.

Linda Darling-Hammond

#13. Students learn as much for a teacher as from a teacher.

Linda Darling-Hammond

#14. Most people do not know themselves. The real you is not that person you are when times are great, the real you shows when everything goes wrong. Can you hold on, can you keep pushing or do you quit?

Ian Warner

#15. I feel like I've gotten to the point where when I get tired of making art I can make a smooth transition into making music and vice versa. There is always something to do.

John Dyer Baizley