“Dictators can fix up their entire families in good jobs, in or around government, and often do. In democracies, such a practice is frowned upon. Privileged access to the corridors of power through family connections and a kind of old boys' network, is also deemed an abuse of power, and so it is.” KindGovernmentJobsBoysPracticeDemocracyConnectionsAbuseAccessDictatorPrivilegedGood JobAbuse Of PowerCorridorsFamily Connections Author:Jimmy Reid
“One thing I hate about the New Deal is that it is killing what, to me, is the American pioneering spirit. I simply do not know what to tell my own boys, leaving school and confronting this new world whose ideal is Security and whose practice is dependence upon government instead of upon one's self. All the old character-values seem simply insane from a practical point of view; the self-reliant, the independent, the courageous man is penalized from every direction.” KnowsMenWorldSelfCharacterSeemsGovernmentSchoolSpiritValuesHateMy OwnViewsDealsBoysPracticeOne ThingSecurityIdealsI HateIndependentKillingLeavingPoint Of ViewPracticalsInsaneCourageousNew WorldDependenceConfrontingNew DealPioneeringSelf ReliantThings I HateCourageous ManLeaving SchoolPioneering Spirit Author:Rose Wilder Lane
“... I saw a small boy who belongs to one of those large families who only practice at birth control.” BoysPracticeSawsBirthBirth ControlLarge Family Book:Plain Anne Ellis: More about the Life of an Ordinary Woman Source: Plain Anne Ellis: More about the Life of an Ordinary Woman
“While, as I recall, conservative little boys practice quick draw with their cap guns while playing cowboys and Indians, apparently liberal little boys practice how fast they can throw up their hands to surrender to the guys in the black hats.” LittlesHandsGuyBlackBoysPracticeDrawsGunConservativeSurrenderHatsRecallsCowboyCapsLittle BoysBlack Hats Author:Tony Blankley
“The TV said you should ignore bullies and they would stop harassing you. In practice this worked about half the time. The other half, you ended up with two tall boys shadowing you through a trailer park, their fingers taking little nips at your clothes, like dogs.” ShouldLittlesSaidTwoHalfBoysPracticeDogTvsClothesFingersParksTallBullyOther HalfTrailersTrailer Park Book:Levitating Las Vegas Source: Levitating Las Vegas
“I don't care how much talent a team has - if the boys don't think tough, practice tough, and live tough, how they play tough on Saturday.” IfsThinkingPlayCareBoysPracticeTeamTalentToughDon't CareI Don't CareSaturdayAlabama Football Author:Bear Bryant
“You can perfect genius because genius is not perfection. On his level and his practice and his methodology, it's almost inhuman. So, that's been a fantastic arc to play, and boy does it go somewhere in this series.” DoePlayPerfectLevelsBoysPracticeGeniusPerfectionSeriesFantasticNot PerfectHolmesArcsInhumanMethodology Author:Benedict Cumberbatch
“When I was in elementary school, we weren't allowed to do sports other than cheerleading. By junior high, they let us play, but we had to come back after 6:30 p.m. to practice because there was only one gymnasium and the boys used it first.” FirstsPlaySchoolUsedSportsBoysPracticeJuniorsElementary SchoolJunior HighCheerleadingGymnasiums Author:Jackie Joyner-Kersee
“Aristippus being asked what were the most necessary things for well-born boys to learn, said, "Those things which they will put in practice when they become men.” MenWellsSaidBornBoysPracticeNecessary Things Author:Diogenes Laertius