If the school sends out children with a desire for knowledge and some idea of how to acquire and use it, it will have done its work

Quote by Richard Livingstone

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I think that anyone who comes upon a Nautilus machine suddenly will agree with me...

I think that anyone who comes upon a Nautilus machine suddenly will agree with me...

Somewhere on this globe, every ten seconds, there is a woman giving birth to a...

Somewhere on this globe, every ten seconds, there is a woman giving birth to a...

Hatred, which could destroy so much, never failed to destroy the man who hated, and...

Hatred, which could destroy so much, never failed to destroy the man who hated, and...

Practical wisdom is only to be learned in the school of experience. Precepts and instruction...

Practical wisdom is only to be learned in the school of experience. Precepts and instruction...

The facts of life are that a child who has seen war cannot be compared...

The facts of life are that a child who has seen war cannot be compared...

A child becomes an adult when he realizes that he has a right not only...

A child becomes an adult when he realizes that he has a right not only...

Always end the name of your child with a vowel, so that when you yell...

Always end the name of your child with a vowel, so that when you yell...

The whole concept of 'grounding' children is utterly stupid - they just go off and...

The whole concept of 'grounding' children is utterly stupid - they just go off and...

Sex education may be a good idea in the schools, but I don't believe the...

Sex education may be a good idea in the schools, but I don't believe the...

There are only two things a child will share willingly -- communicable diseases and his...

There are only two things a child will share willingly -- communicable diseases and his...

Children are born optimists and we slowly educate them out of their heresy

Children are born optimists and we slowly educate them out of their heresy

Listen to the mustn'ts, child. Listen to the don'ts. Listen to the shouldn'ts, the impossibles,...

Listen to the mustn'ts, child. Listen to the don'ts. Listen to the shouldn'ts, the impossibles,...

Discipline must come through liberty. . . . We do not consider an individual disciplined...

Discipline must come through liberty. . . . We do not consider an individual disciplined...

And when human rights are being thrown aside, ignored, well, there's no game in progress,...

And when human rights are being thrown aside, ignored, well, there's no game in progress,...

Children and fools speak true

Children and fools speak true

If you and your children fare well, and your affairs be to your contentment, I...

If you and your children fare well, and your affairs be to your contentment, I...

The only love that I really believe in is a mothers love for her children.

The only love that I really believe in is a mothers love for her children.

You don't appreciate a lot of stuff in school until you get older. Little things...

You don't appreciate a lot of stuff in school until you get older. Little things...

We learn not in the school, but in life

We learn not in the school, but in life

The school is that last expenditure upon which Americans should be willing to economize

The school is that last expenditure upon which Americans should be willing to economize