“I don't think drugs are a problem; I think they're a symptom. As long as Americans are empty, spiritually, emotionally, morally empty, they will need things like the drugs they choose to use. Mankind has wanted to change the way it felt from the beginning anyway. In this country there are even more reasons to want to feel different, to want to feel better, because this is such a neon sewer. This is such a degrading culture. It forces you to play Beethoven to your child in the uterus so that he will get into a better school and a better job and make more money so he can take care of you.” ThinkingWayWantNeedsFeelsChildrenLongDifferentCountryReasonPlayUseProblemCareWantedSchoolJobsCultureForceFeltMankindDrugEmptyOur ChildrenTake CareYour ChildrenMore MoneyFeel BetterSymptomsBetter JobsDegradingNeonSewersUterus Author:George Carlin
“In college, I was like most young men, doing what pleased me and looking out mainly for my own interest. I had success in baseball and was very popular in school but all these things, which the world chases after, left me empty and unfulfilled. Through a series of trials and difficult times, the Lord opened my eyes to my sin and what would truly fulfill me. June 9, 2001, I received forgiveness and the gift of eternal life through Jesus Christ.” MenWorldEyeSchoolYoungJesusLeftDifficultInterestChristMy OwnSinLordCollegeEternalJesus ChristEmptyBaseballSeriesTrialsYoung ManDifficult TimesJuneEternal LifeVery Popular Author:Luke Scott
“...I am afraid that education is conceived more in terms of indoctrination by most school officials than in terms of enlightenment. My own belief is that education must be subversive if it is to be meaningful. By this I mean that it must challenge all the things we take for granted, examine all accepted assumptions, tamper with every sacred cow, and instill a desire to question and doubt. Without this the mere instruction to memorise data is empty. The attempt to enforce conventional mediocrity on the young is criminal.” IfsMeanSchoolYoungDesireBeliefTermChallengesMy OwnDoubtEnlightenmentEmptySacredMereCriminalsAcceptedMeaningfulGrantedDataOfficialsAssumptionMediocrityInstructionCowsConventionalSubversiveIndoctrinationInstillSacred CowsThings We Take For Granted Author:Bertrand Russell
“You have rappers saying "stay off drugs, go to school" - empty verbal behavior. I think all of this became institutionalized in the early '90s. And it's become more and more solidified, more and more entrenched.” ThinkingSchoolDrugBehaviorEmptyRapper Author:Carl Hart
“I used to find places in high school and college, empty rooms or spaces with pianos. Instead of going to a party, I'd play alone for hours. It became my buddy.” PlaySchoolUsedHoursSpaceRoomsPartyCollegeHigh SchoolEmptyPianoBuddyEmpty Rooms Author:Rachael Yamagata
“As they were building that library in that school's gym [in the Breakfast Club], they built a rehearsal space for us. It was really an empty room taped out with the same dimensions of the library. And they had the tables all there. And he had us sitting at the same table. All of us.” SchoolSpaceRoomsBuildingSittingBuiltEmptyTablesLibraryClubsDimensionsBreakfastGymRehearsalEmpty Rooms Author:Judd Nelson
“I asked a girl who came from America to England, when I was only English, and she admitted she had been to a drama school. And I said, "What did they teach you?" And she said, "They taught me to be a candle burning in an empty room." I'm happy to say she was laughing while she said it, but she meant it. I've never learned to be a candle burning in an empty room. So I go on the screen, and I say whatever I'm told to say.” SaidSchoolAmericaGirlRoomsTeachLaughingTaughtGoes OnDramaEmptyEnglandScreensBurningCandleEmpty RoomsCandles Burning Author:Quentin Crisp
“Schools across India do not have teachers, libraries, playing grounds and even toilets. I do not want to see empty classrooms, empty libraries. I do not want to see cattle grazing on fields meant to be cricket or football grounds.” WantSchoolTeacherFieldsFootballEmptyIndiaLibraryMeant To BeClassroomCricketToiletsCattleGrazingPlaying Cricket Author:Sachin Tendulkar
“It is an awfully sad misconception that librarians simply check books in and out. The library is the heart of a school, and without a librarian, it is but an empty shell.” HeartBookSchoolEmptyLibraryChecksShellsLibrarianMisconceptionEmpty Shell Author:Jarrett J. Krosoczka
“You'd think someone who'd been to medical school would be able to hear through a stethoscope that somebody was empty inside.” ThinkingWould BeAbleSchoolEmptyMedicalMedical SchoolStethoscope Book:The Tenth Circle: A Novel Source: The Tenth Circle: A Novel
“I find that the only way to get through life is to picture myself in an entirely disconnected reality. I often imagine how people would react to my death. Mr Dunthorne's quavering voice as he makes the announcement. The shocked faces of my classmates. A playground bedecked with flowers. The empty stillness of a school corridor. Local news analysis. . . . The steady stoicism of my parents. . . . Candlelit vigils. . . . And finally, my glorious resurrection.” PeopleWayRealitySchoolFacesLife IsParentVoiceImagineFlowerNewsEmptyLocalsAnalysisGloriousSteadyStillnessResurrectionShockedStoicismPlaygroundsDisconnectedCorridorsAnnouncementsClassmatesLocal News Author:Joe Dunthorne
“Conventions vs. spontaneity. This is a dialectical choice, it depends on the assessment you make of your own times. If you judge that your own time is ridden with empty insincere formalities, you plump for spontaneity, for indecorous behavior even...Much of morality is the task of compensating for one's age. One assumes unfashionable virtues, in an indecorous time. In a time hollowed out by decorum, one must school oneself in spontaneity.” IfsAgeSchoolChoicesVirtueJudgingDependsMoralityBehaviorTasksEmptyAssumingOneselfConventionsSpontaneityAssessmentFormalityDecorumInsincere Book:Reborn: Journals and Notebooks, 1947-1963 Source: Reborn: Journals and Notebooks, 1947-1963
“I didn't like anybody in that school. I think they knew that. I think that's why they disliked me. I didn't like the way they walked or looked or talked, but I didn't like my mother or father either. I still had the feeling of being surrounded by white empty space. There was always a slight nausea in my stomach.” ThinkingWayStillsFeelingsSchoolMotherFatherSpaceWhiteEmptyStomachEmpty SpaceNausea Book:Ham On Rye Source: Ham On Rye
“I like Daniel. He takes care of you." I blinked. "Oh my God. Did you really just say that? He takes care of me?" Dad flushed. "I didn't mean it like-" "Takes care of me? Did I go to sleep and wake up in the nineteenth century?" I looked down at my jeans and T-shirt. "Ack! I can't go to school like this. Where's my corset? My bonnet?" Dad sighed as Mom walked in with her empty teacup. "What did I miss?" She said. "Dad's trying to marry me off to Daniel." I looked at him. "You know, if you offer him a new truck for a dowry, he might go for it.” IfsKnowsTryingMeanSaidI CanMightCareSchoolSleepCenturyMissingMomDadOffersEmptyWake UpTake CareShirtsJeansT ShirtTruckGoing To SleepNineteenth CenturyMarry MeCorsetsTake Care Of MeBonnetsDowry Author:Kelley Armstrong
“Oh, that,' said Ginny, giggling. 'Well-Percy's got a girlfriend.' Fred dropped a stack of books on George's head. 'What?' 'It's that Ravenclaw prefect, Penelope Clearwater,' said Ginny. 'That's who he was writing to all last summer. He's been meeting her all over the school in secret. I walked in on them kissing in an empty classroom one day. He was so upset when she was-you know-attacked. You won't tease him, will you?' she added anxiously. 'Wouldn't dream of it,' said Fred, who was looking like his birthday had come early.” KnowsWritingWellsSaidBookDreamSchoolLastsSecretOne DayKissingSummerEmptyMeetingsUpsetGirlfriendClassroomTeaseLast SummerFunny Harry Potter Author:J. K. Rowling
“This is what people don't understand: obesity is a symptom of poverty. It's not a lifestyle choice where people are just eating and not exercising. It's because kids - and this is the problem with school lunch right now - are getting sugar, fat, empty calories - lots of calories - but no nutrition.” PeopleProblemKidsSchoolChoicesPovertyExerciseRight NowEatingEmptyLifestyleFatsLunchSugarNutritionSymptomsObesityCaloriesLifestyle ChoicesSchool LunchProper Nutrition Author:Tom Colicchio
“When will the public cease to insult the teacher's calling with empty flattery? When will men who would never for a moment encourage their own sons to enter the work of the public schools cease to tell us that education is the greatest and noblest of all human callings?” MenHumansMomentsSchoolEducationTeacherSonCallingEmptyCeaseInsultFlatteryPublic School Author:William Bagley