To think creatively, we must be able to look afresh at what we normally take for granted.
~quote about Imagination by George Kneller

The prevalent fear of poverty among the educated classes is the worst moral disease from which our civilization suffers.
~quotes on Poverty by William James

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Kaguragintoki’s Quotes Blog

When I went to Catholic high school in Philadelphia, we just had one coach for football and basketball. He took all of us who turned out and had us run through a forest. The ones who ran into the trees were on the football team.
~sayings on American football by George Raveling

Let a fool hold his tongue and he will pass for a sage.
~quotations on Speaking by Pubilius Syrus

I’ve been reading a lot lately about Indian captives. One woman who had been captured by the Indians and made a squaw was resentful when she was rescued because she’d found that there was a lot more work to do as the wife of a white man.
~teen friendship quotes by Stephen Vincent Benét

What kills a skunk is the publicity it gives itself.
~saying about teen friendship by Abraham Lincoln

Write down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are commonly the most valuable.
~quote about Writing by Francis Bacon

They are not all saints who use holy water.
~quotes on Hypocrisy by English Proverb

To lose one’s self in reverie, one must be either very happy, or very unhappy. Reverie is the child of extremes.
~sayings on Daydreaming by Antoine Rivarol