Trip Ko Lang Quotes

#1. Society has provided [children] no rituals by which they become members of the tribe, of the community. All children need to be twice born, to learn to function rationally in the present world, leaving childhood behind.

Joseph Campbell

#2. Remember that Cosby show where he harrassed the children? Well I put on a little suit and because I am so small they invited me on but nobody was laughing at my jokes. I guess I'm just, too, particularly smart for them.

Thom Yorke

#3. Of course art world ethics are important. But museums are no purer than any other institution or business. Academics aren't necessarily more high-minded than gallerists.

Jerry Saltz

#4. The reconciling grave swallows distinction first, that made us foes; there all lie down in peace together.

Thomas Southerne

#5. Man or woman, what did it matter who he slept with, and why did people think it was any of their business?

Felice Stevens

#6. Some men speak the word of God ...
while others have God in their words.

Jose N. Harris

#7. No child should be permitted to grow up without exercise for imagination. It enriches life for him. It makes things wonderful and beautiful.

Mark Twain

#8. Who am I, anyway? Does one exist, or to what extent does one exist as an individual without friends, family, anybody to whom one can relate, to whom one's existence is of the least importance?

Patricia Highsmith

#9. And I also serve on a caucus that addresses financial literacy for young people in this country. And it is so hypocritical that we want to talk to these kids about how to better manage their money when we are not doing a good job with our Nation's resources.

Melissa Bean

#10. You're going to get hurt yourself, and badly, if you take everything so hard.

Madeleine L'Engle

#11. I'm not at all sure dialogue is meant to advance the story; I know that sometimes it is the story.

Ron Carlson

#12. Do not be guilty of possessing a library of learned books while lacking learning yourself.

Desiderius Erasmus

#13. A reformer knows neither how to do nor to undo.

Jose Bergamin

#14. As a child I perceived violence as a sort of natural law. In the totalitarian Soviet Union, oppression held everything together. It was the sinister energy of our country.

Vladimir Sorokin