Logo
Quote by George Eliot
All the learnin my father paid for was a bit o birch at one end an

All the learnin my father paid for was a bit o birch at one end and an alphabet at the other. – George Eliot

Other quotes by George Eliot
Other Quotes from
dad
category

No, like I said, my dad was never really part of the tennis. His involvement around what I did with the tennis and with my mom and my grandparents was really not a part of my life. – Jimmy Connors

Category:
dad

My dad had a church of 90 people when I was born. It was just, over the years it continued to grow. – Joel Osteen

Category:
dad

We all have roles in life. Im a dad, a husband, this and that, but basically I only feel justified in being alive when Im on the stage. – Jack Bruce

Category:
dad

I owe a lot to my dad, just for having provided the wrestling business for us to get into. – Owen Hart

Category:
dad

Random Quotes

You always have certain strengths and certain weaknesses, and you want to compensate for your weaknesses… I have a real duty to earn the trust of the faculty. I dont just deserve it. I have to earn it. – Erskine Bowles

Category:
Trust

Scientists have become the bearers of the torch of discovery in our quest for knowledge. – Stephen Hawking

Category:
Knowledge

Every day, families in the United States face the stark choice between a roof over their heads and food on the table. Buying health insurance, owning a home, and saving up for college are just too far out of their reach. – Chris Van Hollen

Category:
Health

The beginning of a friendship, the fact that two people out of the thousands around them can meet and connect and become friends, seems like a kind of magic to me. But maintaining a friendship requires work. I dont mean that as a bad thing. Good art requires work as well. – Charles de Lint

Category:
Art