A man who wants time to read and write must let the grass grow long. |
Gray Flannel really deals with two big issues. The first is how workaholics are divorced from their family and second, the illegitimate children that armies always leave around the world. |
In my opinion, much of the so-called science of "education" was invented as a necessary mechanism for enabling semi-educated people to act as tolerable teachers. |
It is impossible to treat a child too well. Children are spoiled by being ignored too much or by harshness, not by kindness. |
It's not a question of who's going to throw the first stone; it's a question of who's going to start building with it |
Success in almost any field depends more on energy and drive than it does on intelligence. This explains why we have so many stupid leaders. |
The definition of a beautiful woman is one who loves me. |
The hardest part of raising a child is teaching them to ride bicycles. A shaky child on a bicycle for the first time needs both support and freedom. The realization that this is what the child will always need can hit hard. |
There are wolves, |
We're told we're not supposed to gossip, that our reputation plummets, but in this context there may be an expectation that you should gossip: you're obligated to tell, like an informal version of the honor code at military academies, |