#otto

Read through the most famous quotes by topic #otto

Some newspapers are fit only to line the bottom of bird cages. ↗

Teachers were not allowed to beat children as they did in the past, although, Mma Ramotswe reflected, there were some boys-and indeed some young men-who might have been greatly improved by moderate physical correction. The apprentices, for example: would it help if Mr. J.L.B. Matekoni resorted to physical chastisement-nothing severe, of course-but just an occasional kick in the seat of the pants while they were bending over to change a tyre or something like that? The thought made her smile. She would even offer to administer the kick herself, which she imagined might be oddly satisfying, as one of the apprentices, the one who still kept on about girls, had a largeish bottom which she thought would be quite comfortable to kick. How enjoyable it would be to creep up behind him and kick him when he was least expecting it, and then to say: Let that be a lesson! That was all one would have to say, but it would be a blow for women everywhere. ↗

— Alexander McCall Smith

#blow #bottom #humor #kick #women

When you want a thing done, 'Don't do it yourself' is a good motto for Scoutmasters. ↗

— Robert Baden-Powell

#good #motto #thing #want #you

ô mon corps, fait toujours de moi un homme qui s'interroge. ↗

— Frantz Fanon

#life

Jesus picked up twelve men from the bottom ranks of business and forged them into an organisation that conquered the world. ↗

— Bruce Barton

#business #conquered #forged #into #jesus

Don't try to buy at the bottom and sell at the top. It can't be done except by liars. ↗