Oaklands Primary Quotes

#1. Self-expression, to me, is something that you worked on, that you have mastered a skill to say something in the most artful way that you can. It's not just blurting stuff out and having verbal diarrhea.

John Leguizamo

#2. Can I borrow the car today, Mom? We'll get soaked if we walk-"
"Hmph," Dad interrupted. "When I was a boy-"

"Yeah, yeah," Cara interrupted back. "You walked to school naked in the snow or something. So can I?

Melissa Landers

#3. I have already settled it for myself so flattery and criticism go down the same drain and I am quite free.

Georgia O'Keeffe

#4. Books only spoil the originality of genius. Very well for those who can't think for themselves - But when one has made up one's opinions, there is no use in reading.

Maria Edgeworth

#5. But now it's officially a sitting room, because that's what is done in it, by some. For others there's standing room only.

Margaret Atwood

#6. I am very, very happy for Alice Walker.

Audre Lorde

#7. God our Heavenly Father knows us by name. Jesus Christ lives; He is the Messiah. He loves us. The Atonement of Jesus Christ is real; it brings immortality to all and opens the door to eternal life.

Dieter F. Uchtdorf