#poke

Education commences at the mother's knee, and every word spoken within hearsay of little children tends toward the formation of character. ↗

— Hosea Ballou

#children #commences #education #every #formation

You see, I have in my teaching - I always say I've done it for a hundred years and have had thousands of students - I have always spoken against just falling onto your knees for so-called accidents, I mean a result you are not responsible for. ↗

— Josef Albers

#against #always #done #falling #had

When you're the spokeswoman for a weight-loss program, everything is witnessed. I weigh in once a week with a witness. I have to sign an affidavit saying I cannot have any surgeries. ↗

— Kirstie Alley

#any #cannot #everything #i #once

Sometimes I get so wrought up being brushed, poked and pinned all day. ↗

— Carol Alt

#being #brushed #day #get #i

My life has been one great big joke, a dance that's walked a song that's spoke, I laugh so hard I almost choke when I think about myself. ↗

— Maya Angelou

#almost #been #big #choke #dance

From one till seven, when we moved to England, I spoke only Portuguese. But I can't speak a word of it now. ↗

— Francesca Annis

#i #moved #now #only #portuguese

The question is the morning after. What sort of Iraq do we wake up to after the bombing? What happens in the region? What impact could it have? These are questions leaders I have spoken to have posed. ↗

— Kofi Annan

#bombing #could #happens #i #impact

I have spoken to expert audiences occasionally, but then no audience is expert over the whole range of things I want to explore. ↗

— David Antin

#audiences #expert #explore #i #occasionally

India of the ages is not dead nor has she spoken her last creative word; she lives and has still something to do for herself and the human peoples. ↗

— Sri Aurobindo

#creative #dead #her #herself #human

Human nature is so well disposed towards those who are in interesting situations, that a young person, who either marries or dies, is sure of being kindly spoken of. ↗

— Jane Austen

#dies #disposed #either #human #human nature