Nel Quotes

#1. I sat upon the shore
Fishing, with the arid plain behind me
Shall I at least set my lands in order?
London Bridge is falling down falling down falling down
Poi s'ascose nel foco che gli affina
Quando fiam ceu chelidon - O swallow swallow

T. S. Eliot

#2. I'll cry!! Ububu ... BUEEEEEEE!! I ... Ichigo, you thupid! Baldy!! Piece of poop!
Ichigo: Alright! Alright! I get it already, stop crying!
Nel: Impotent!
Ichigo: I'm not impotent!!
Rukia: What's he shouting about?
Nel: Virgin!!!
Ichigo: SHUT THE HELL UP ALREADY!!!

Tite Kubo

#3. Hunched down in the small bright room Nel waited. Waited for the oldest cry. A scream not for others, not in sympathy for a burnt child, or a dead father, but a deeply personal cry for one's own pain. A loud, strident: 'Why me?' She waited.

Toni Morrison

#4. Rukia: Why is she glaring at me?
Ichigo: I wonder..
Nel: What's your welationship with Itsygo?
Rukia: Huh?
Renji: Popular with the ladies, eh?
Ichigo: Kiss my ass.

Tite Kubo

#5. [W]e would do better to treat terrorists as common criminals, people who have broken the laws recognized by all civil societies. To treat them as soldiers is to increase their power, respectability, and commitment.

Nel Noddings

#6. You don't have to slay a dragon to be perceived a hero - smiling at someone at the right moment might also do the trick.

Jury Nel

#7. The how and why wild, little animals landed up with people will probably never be known for sure.

P.J. Nel

#8. ... because nobody wants to see a small creature left to suffer or left by itself out in the bushes.

P.J. Nel

#9. Love your pets unconditionally - for you are their god.

Jury Nel

#10. We Americans pride ourselves on our freedom to speak, to say what we believe. But of what use is it to speak if only those who already agree with us listen? A first step toward the abolition of war is learning to listen with respect and sympathy.

Nel Noddings

#11. On the positive side, a strong sense of comradely loyalty triggers genuine affection and friendship. On the negative side, it may strengthen contempt for the lives of opponents and, of course, the loss of a comrade may be followed by even greater brutality in battle.

Nel Noddings

#12. Winning = adaptation and one step forward to take the prize

Jury Nel

#13. Dwelling on your past won't get you anywhere you haven't already been.

Nel E. Sherk

#14. Curiosity can only be called "fear of the unknown" only when you are in your comfort zone.

Jury Nel

#15. Morality is a easy horse to ride when all the horses are just black and white.

Jury Nel

#16. Everyone is taught that angels have wings - the lucky ones of us find that they have 4 paws.

Jury Nel

#17. In modern society the term "no" have changed meaning. It now seems to be an abbreviation for "Negotiations Open".

Jury Nel

#18. You can't buy memories. You make them.

Jury Nel

#19. You only walk this path once. Make sure you take time to stop and enjoy the nice things. You can't smell last years roses.

Jury Nel

#20. We all want good friends - kind, respected, nice. The kind of people you want to introduce to your parents, other friends, pastor. But never underestimate the value of immoral friends - the ones that create the most precious memories you never will tell anyone else!

Jury Nel

#21. I do not need to establish a deep, lasting, time-consuming personal relationship with every student. What I must do is to be totally and nonselectively present to the student-to each student-as he addresses me. The time interval may be brief but the encounter is total.

Nel Noddings

#22. In combat - do something, you might die. Do nothing, and you will die!

Jury Nel

#23. Being able to feel love, loyalty, gratitude and happiness means you have a soul? Then all my pets are bound for heaven.

Jury Nel

#24. Books give knowledge. Mistakes gives experience.

Jury Nel

#25. No plan ever failed due to adequate planning.

Jury Nel

#26. A sense of responsibility in teaching pushes us constantly to think about and promote the best interests of our students. In contrast, the demand for accountability often induces mere compliance.

Nel Noddings

#27. Ideally a hug should be done long and hard enough to fit all the broken pieces together.

Jury Nel

#28. My contention is, first, that we should want more from our educational efforts than adequate academic achievement and, second, that we will not achieve even that meager success unless our children believe that they themselves are cared for and learn to care for others.

Nel Noddings

#29. [S]cience has contributed a great deal to war and violence, and people well trained in science are sometimes not entirely rational and are even dogmatic. We have to find a way to teach reflectively, not just scientifically.

Nel Noddings

#30. 4x4 is 75% ability, and 25% equipment.

Jury Nel

#31. We can beat our swords into plowshares, and we can beat our plowshares into swords, but as far as computers go, a hammer can only change the shape of the junk, not it's function.

Jury Nel

#32. Some people simply seem to know how to live. They know when to seize the day, when to go with the flow, and when to row for dear life.

Nel Newman

#33. It is not the thunder that makes the flowers grow ...

Jury Nel

#34. Silliness is the perfect spice on any personality.

Jury Nel

#35. It still amazes me that we insist on teaching algebra to all students when only about 20 percent will ever use it and fail to teach anything about parenting when the vast majority of our students will become parents.

Nel Noddings

#36. Sexy is not appearance. It's attitude.

Jury Nel

#37. To value learning as a gift, you have to accept pain as a teacher.

Jury Nel

#38. If spectacle is lacking in everyday life, it may be because we have forgotten where and how to look.

Nel Noddings

#39. What sort of god would deliberately create a world in which his creatures must eat one another to live?

Nel Noddings

#40. Because most of us recognize that we will fight to protect our children, we cannot be absolute pacifists.

Nel Noddings

#41. Of all the evil man can do, the greatest is doing nothing.

Jury Nel

#42. Ordinary is an insult to excellence.

Jury Nel

#43. To those that have smelled death, life has a fragrance that can never be explained to the ignorant.

Jury Nel

#44. The student is infinitely more important than the subject matter.

Nel Noddings