George Bernard Shaw

My reputation grows with every failure.

Build a system that even a fool can use, and only a fool will want to use it.

Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.

Gentle Jesus, meek and mild’ is a snivelling modern invention, with no warrant in the gospels.

The only secrets are the secrets that keep themselves.

You are going to let the fear of poverty govern you life and your reward will be that you will eat, but you will not live.

I think every kid needs to get a taste of what it’s like to do that real hard work.

The more risks you allow children to take, the better they learn to take care of themselves. If you never let them take any risks, then I believe they become very prone to injury.

And let’s be clear: It’s not enough just to limit ads for foods that aren’t healthy. It’s also going to be critical to increase marketing for foods that are healthy.

I was a regular hand when I was 7. I picked cotton. I drove tractors. Children grew up not thinking that this is what they must do. We thought this was the thing to do to help your family.

Parents are the last people on earth who ought to have children.

The idea of kids helping other kids is such a great way to introduce children to being involved in charitable causes and volunteer work, setting them on the path to doing good for others throughout their lives.

Kids instinctively know – although they will argue to the contrary – that they really are not mature enough to make good decisions on some important issues.

You don’t want to be with a boy who is too stupid to appreciate a smart young lady. There is no boy who is cute enough or interesting enough to stop you from getting your education.

I was planning to go into law or politics. I was well known for my public speaking. I went to an all-girl boarding school with uniforms. It was very posh for someone like me who came from a world where my parents showed beagles and sold dog products out of a yellow caravan.

The streets and woods around my house were a perfect setting for fake mischief. I would spend all afternoon pretending I had run away and had to live on my own. I would bring Toll House cookies and a sweatshirt and try to make a fire. I would sneak out side my house at dusk with a pair binoculars and search the streets for murderers. I created scenarios in my head that I always managed to escape from kidnap fantasies where I would wriggle free from the ropes.

It is time for parents to teach young people early on that in diversity there is beauty and there is strength.

What we want is to see the child in pursuit of knowledge, and not knowledge in pursuit of the child.

We can aim to create a culture, where kids ask for healthy options instead of resisting them.

When you give directives to a child, especially a teenager, you must consider the nature of your child.

I have so much more to go through as a young lady. But oh my God. I feel like I can do anything.