Children, taught either years beneath their intelligence or miles wide of relevance to it, or both: their intelligence becomes hopelessly bewildered, drawn off its centers, bored, or atrophied. – James Agee
A great many things which in times of lesser knowledge we imagined to be superstitious or useless, prove today on examination to have been of immense value to mankind. – Lafcadio Hearn
Its so amazing, standing on the corner -this happened in Washington, D.C. – and somebody comes by in a Cadillac and you hear Manic Monday on the radio, and you dont even know this person, and theyre listening to it and singing along with it. Wow! Blows your mind. – Debbi Peterson