#versa

The question is, will we continue to fight what may be a rearguard action to defend universal literacy as a central goal of our education system, or are we bold enough to see what's actually happening to our culture? ↗

— Hugh Mackay

#actually #bold #central #continue #culture

For the past two years, President Obama has promised our children the moon, stars, rainbows, unicorns and universal health care for all. But the White House Santa's cradle-to-grave entitlement mandates are a spectacularly predictable bust. ↗

— Michelle Malkin

#care #children #entitlement #health #health care

Sometimes I wish that I was the weather, you'd bring me up in conversation forever. And when it rained, I'd be the talk of the day. ↗

— John Mayer

#conversation #day #forever #i #i wish

In England only uneducated people show off their knowledge; nobody quotes Latin or Greek authors in the course of conversation, unless he has never read them. ↗

— George Mikes

#conversation #course #educated people #england #greek

The piano is able to communicate the subtlest universal truths by means of wood, metal and vibrating air. ↗

— Kenneth Miller

#air #communicate #means #metal #piano