Dale

“No one ever seems to question why the burden is all on the teacher to do the engaging, when we ask so little of the students, or for that matter, their parents.” Her vehemence startled me. “I never thought of it that way,” I told her. “No,” she said, not unkindly. “But I promise, you will.”
― Tony Danza, I'd Like to Apologize to Every Teacher I Ever Had: My Year as a Rookie Teacher at Northeast High

“The dictates of humanity came in opposition to the law of the land, and we ignored the law.”
― Levi Coffin, Reminiscences

“It is a popular delusion that the government wastes vast amounts of money through inefficiency and sloth. Enormous effort and elaborate planning are required to waste this much money.”
― P.J. O'Rourke, Parliament of Whores: A Lone Humorist Attempts to Explain the Entire U.S. Government

“...there is no sound in nature that makes men move along faster than the pumping of a shotgun.”
― C.J. Box