Advice is sometimes transmitted more successfully through a joke than grave teaching.
Baltasar Gracian
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I went to a Catholic high school and it seemed like every time I drew something for a class project, it either got thrown away by the teacher or something. -
I wanted to be a teacher. I love children, so I wanted to deal with children. Then I wanted to be a veterinarian. But by the age of ten or eleven, when I opened my mouth and said, 'Oh, God, what's this?' I kind of knew teaching and being a veterinarian were gonna have to wait. -
Yes, I was actually an acting teacher for a while. -
My happiest memory of childhood was my first birthday in reform school. This teacher took an interest in me. In fact, he gave me the first birthday presents I ever got: a box of Cracker Jacks and a can of ABC shoe polish. -
We're understanding what Obama is. He is the great teacher. He is this guy that stands above everybody. There's some condescension in it, but he stands above everybody and says, 'Now, listen. You people have to stop blaming each other unreasonably. You have to get along here and I am going to show you the way.' It is a pretty brave role in many ways.
More quotes by Baltasar Gracian
- A bad manner spoils everything, even reason and justice a good one supplies everything, gilds a No, sweetens a truth, and adds a touch of beauty to old age itself.
- He that can live alone resembles the brute beast in nothing, the sage in much, and God in everything.
- Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone.
- Never do anything when you are in a temper, for you will do everything wrong.
- Never contend with a man who has nothing to lose.