Quotes About Civics Education

#1. I had become increasingly concerned in recent years about the lack of civics education in our nation's schools. In recent years, the schools have stopped teaching it. And it's unfortunate.

Sandra Day O'Connor

#2. I confess, as much as I enjoyed you in breeches, you hold up that gown rather well."
"You truly have stopped tying to be charming."
"You're the most ravishing creature in the world, sweet Rue, even when hidden behind feathers and beads. How was that?

Shana Abe

#3. Those little age differentials, so crucial and so gross when we are young, erode. We end up belonging to the same category, that of the non-young. I've never much minded this myself. [p. 66]

Julian Barnes

#4. If she had been in a pointing competition, she would have lost points.

Garth Nix

#5. Excellence is not a skill, it's an attitude.

Ralph Marston

#6. Aeneas carried his aged father on his back from the ruins of Troy and so do we all, whether we like it or not, perhaps even if we have never known them.

Angela Carter

#7. The wonderful world of home appliances now makes it possible to cook indoors with charcoal and outdoors with gas.

Bill Vaughan

#8. The first step is clearly defining what it is you're after, because without knowing that, you'll never get it.

Halle Berry

#9. Moral maturity and freedom require more than mere adherence to the law; they require an understanding of the why and wherefore of its rules and regulations- the principles that make it worthy of their allegiance.

Karen Bohlin

#10. The neurotic circles ceaselessly above a fogged-in airport.

Mignon McLaughlin

#11. It is never too late to begin living your own dream.

Bryant McGill