"Follow your dreams" is popular advice, but many people cannot afford to leave a job that pays the bills to, for example, travel the world or pursue an artistic endeavor. However, in a…
American journalist Murray Kempton (1917-1997) is credited for writing that "a critic (or an editorial writer) is one who walks down the hill, after the battle is over, and shoots the…
The formula for good speaking and good writing has been compared to a woman's dress -- "it should be long enough to cover the subject, but short enough to be interesting." The saying…
Author Salmon Rushdie said in 1990, "Books choose their authors; the act of creation is not entirely a rational and conscious one." The quotation has been frequently cited in books and in…
"Edmonton is to Calgary as Austin is to Houston" (Edmonton:Calgary::Austin:Houston) compares a capital city and a largest city. The Canadian province of Alberta (where Edmonton is the…
"'Educated people are hotter because they have more degrees' True story ρε!!!Είμαστε!!!" is a "degrees" pun that was posted on Twitter by Lna Spanious ♔ on…
“Education is a better safeguard for liberty than a standing army. If we retrench the wages of the schoolmaster, we must raise the wages of the recruiting sergeant," said Massachusetts…
"Education is important, but [X] is importanter" is a jocular line that has been printed on T-shirts, posters and ecards. "Education is important, but big biceps are…
"Education is important, but [X] is importanter" is a jocular line that has been printed on T-shirts, posters and ecards. "Education is important, but big biceps are…
American science fiction writer Frank Herbert (1920-1986) wrote in Chapterhouse: Dune (1985): "Education is no substitute for intelligence. That elusive quality is defined only in part by…
"Education is not the answer to the question. Education is the means to the answer to all questions" is a saying that has been printed on several images. "Someone once said,…
Nelson Mandela (1918-2013) often stressed the importance of education. "Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world" is a popular Mandela quote that was…
"Education is the path from cocky ignorance to miserable uncertainty" has been credited to Mark Twain (the pen name of Samuel Langhorne Clemons, 1835-1910), but there's no evidence…
Entry in progress -- B.P. Wikipedia: Noah WebsterNoah Webster, Jr. (October 16, 1758 – May 28, 1843), was a lexicographer, textbook pioneer, English-language spelling reformer, political writer,…
The expression "in the long run" means "over a long period of time" and does not usually refer to long runs, but there are jokes. A marathoner riddle is: Q: Why does someone who…
The Metropolitan College of New York (MCNY) began as the Audrey Cohen College in 1964. Its slogan is "Education That Works," or "Education That Works for People Who Work."…
"Education's purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one" is a popular quotation that has been cited in print since at least 1988, when it was credited to magazine publisher…
"Efficiency is a highly developed form of laziness" is a saying that has been printed on many gift items, such as T-shirts, hats and buttons. The lazy person wants to be efficient so he…
"Efficiency is clever laziness" is another form of the old saying, "Choose a lazy person to do a hard job because that person will find an easy way to do it." The saying…
National health care ("government-run health care") became a popular political topic in the early 1990s ("Hillarycare," after First Lady Hillary Clinton) and in 2009…