#ills

Is it possible that literacy standards are falling because young Australians are growing up in a culture in which they can be entertained and informed, and in which they can communicate effectively, without having to master any but the most rudimentary literacy skills? ↗

— Hugh Mackay

#australians #because #communicate #culture #effectively

Obviously, every child should be given the best possible opportunity to acquire literacy skills. ↗

— Hugh Mackay

#best #child #every #given #literacy

The processes of teaching the child that everything cannot be as he wills it are apt to be painful both to him and to his teacher. ↗

— Anne Sullivan Macy

#both #cannot #child #everything #him

I think capital punishment works great. Every killer you kill never kills again. ↗

— Bill Maher

#capital #capital punishment #every #great #i

It appears fashionable these days, and almost politically correct, to blame hard-working immigrants, especially those from Mexico and Central America, for the social and economic ills of our state and nation. ↗

— Roger Mahony

#america #appears #blame #central #correct

One travels to run away from routine, that dreadful routine that kills all imagination and all our capacity for enthusiasm. ↗

— Ella Maillart

#capacity #dreadful #enthusiasm #imagination #kills

There is no such thing as a 'free' government benefit. Ask small-business owners who are footing skyrocketing bills for bottomless jobless benefits. ↗

— Michelle Malkin

#benefit #benefits #bills #bottomless #business owners

Films have degenerated to their original operation as carnival amusement - they offer not drama but thrills. ↗

— David Mamet

#carnival #degenerated #drama #films #offer

After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb. ↗

— Nelson Mandela

#after #climb #climbing #finds #hill

Although computer memory is no longer expensive, there's always a finite size buffer somewhere. When a big piece of news arrives, everybody sends a message to everybody else, and the buffer fills. ↗

— Benoit Mandelbrot

#always #arrives #big #buffer #computer