“It's all right when you are calling on a girl or talking with friends after dinner to run a conversation like a Sunday-school excursion, with stops to pick flowers; but in the office your sentences should be the shortest distance possible between periods.” ShouldRunningSchoolGirlTalkingFlowerPeriodsCallingConversationOfficePicksDistanceDinnerSentencesSundaySunday SchoolExcursions Book:Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to his Son Source: Letters from a Self-Made Merchant to his Son
“We are now considering legislation based on statistics that include name-calling at public rallies as crimes. Are we going on to the school yards of this country and when two kids get angry with each other and call each other names -- what are we going to do, cart them over to the reformatory or add them to the list of 'hate crimes' perpetrators? This is ridiculous.” TwoCountryKidsSchoolHateNamesCrimeCallingSpeechAngryAddCorruptionListsRidiculousDeceptionStatisticsConsideringYardsLegislationHate CrimeCartsPerpetratorsName Calling Author:Jesse Helms
“It makes me feel like a very special person, that I'm able to make my living with my imagination. I developed a big respect for my calling while I was in school, and it remains with me to this day.” FeelsPersonsBigsAbleSchoolImaginationSpecialCallingRemainsThis DayMy ImaginationVery Special Person Author:Tommy Lee Jones