Our aim is not merely to make the child understand, and still less to force him to memorize, but so to touch his imagination as to enthuse him to his innermost core.
— Maria Montessori
Colossal Memorized quotations
The study of geography is about more than just memorizing places on a map.
It's about understanding the complexity of our world, appreciating the diversity of cultures that exists across continents. And in the end, it's about using all that knowledge to help bridge divides and bring people together.
Never memorize something that you can look up.
To burn with desire and keep quiet about it is the greatest punishment we can bring on ourselves.
The best education comes from action; the most memorable lesson is a mistake.
No more tears now; I will think about revenge.
The first river you paddle runs through the rest of your life.
It bubbles up in pools and eddies to remind you who you are.
No amount of reading or memorizing will make you successful in life.
It is the understanding and application of wise thought which counts.
It takes a village to raise a child.
Friends, Romans, Countrymen, lend me your ears.
Double, double, toil and trouble; Fire burn, and cauldron bubble!
You are, and always have been, my dream.
Jazz is freedom. You think about that.
Real loss is only possible when you love something more than you love yourself.
An artist can show things that other people are terrified of expressing.
But that afternoon he asked himself, with his infinite capacity for illusion, if such pitiless indifference might not be a subterfuge for hiding the torments of love.
There are people in government who don't want other people to know what they know. It's just another example of elitism. And I spit on elitism. Show me an elitist, and I'll show you a loser.
I do not like green eggs and ham. I do not like them, Sam-I-Am.
Striving for excellence motivates you; striving for perfection is demoralizing.
Dobby has no master. Dobby is a free elf!
Nothing like a nighttime stroll to give you ideas.
We have to choose between what is right, and what is easy.
Small cheer and great welcome makes a merry feast.
Dobby is a free elf, and Dobby has come to save Harry Potter and his friends!
Great power can come from memorizing scriptures.
To memorize a scripture is to forge a new friendship. It is like discovering a new individual who can help in time of need, give inspiration and comfort, and be a source of motivation for needed change
I am content in my later years. I have kept my good humor and take neither myself nor the next person seriously.
My love life is like a piece of Swiss cheese; most of it's missing, and what's there stinks.
Education in Chess has to be an education in independent thinking and judging.
Chess must not be memorized.
We have seen better days.
When it comes to getting things done, we need fewer architects and more bricklayers.
I'm the head coach at LSU. I will be the head coach at LSU. I have no interest in talking to anybody else. I got a championship game to play, and I'm excited for the opportunity of my damn strong football team to play in it. Please ask me after. I'm busy. Thank you very much. Have a great day!
Sometimes, you have to step outside of the person you've been and remember the person you were meant to be. The person you want to be. The person you are.
If we taught babies to talk as most skills are taught in school, they would memorize lists of sounds in a predetermined order and practice them alone in a closet.
I’ve had so much plastic surgery, when I die they will donate my body to Tupperware.
Love, unrequited, robs me of my rest: Love, hopeless love, my ardent soul encumbers: Love, nightmare-like, lies heavy on my chest, And weaves itself into my midnight slumbers!