Pary Quotes

To be great is to be misunderstood.

One of the very important characteristics of a student is to question.

Let the students ask questions.

Age is an issue of mind over matter.

If you don't mind,

it doesn't matter.

Quality is not an act,

it is a habit

I know, firsthand, that

soccer brings people

together

all it takes

is a ball and a few people,

and the seeds of

friendship are planted.

Every fact is related on one side to sensation,

and, on the other, to morals.

The game of thought is,

on the appearance of one of these two sides,

to find the other: given the upper,

to find the under side.

I call not for aid from the state,

but for justice.

Dream with ambition,

lead with conviction,

and see yourselves in a way others may not see you.

To my mind the old masters are not art;

their value is in their scarcity.

You have to grow from

the inside out.

None can teach you,

none can make you spiritual

There is no other teacher

but your own soul.

In 'Huckleberry Finn,'

I have drawn Tom Blankenship exactly as he was.

He was ignorant, unwashed,

insufficiently fed;

but he had as good a heart as ever any boy had.

Our favorite holding period is forever.

You don’t have to burn books to destroy a culture.

Just get people to stop reading them.

I grew up in a very funny house.

When you come to a fork in the road,

take it.

Be humble.

Be hungry.

And always be the hardest worker in the room.

The government solution to a problem is

usually as bad as the problem.

I never let schooling interfere with my education.

Against the assault of laughter,

nothing can stand.

I wanted to minimize the number of regrets

I had when I was 80.