explain

“There’s nothing like trying to explain something to someone else to make you think about the subject seriously and thoroughly yourself.”
~ Melodie Neal

[source: Deep Litter]

differences

“Accept that other people see things differently to you, and have different requirements, and see what you can learn from those differences (actually, that may be the formula for world peace, so let’s just try a local implementation and see how we go).”
~ Melodie Neil

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everyone is now dumber

“Mr. Madison, what you’ve just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.”

~ principal (played by James Downey) in Billy Madison, written by Tim Herlihy & Adam Sandler

[IMDB: Billy Madison (1995) – Memorable quotes]

art for a few

“I do not want art for a few any more than education for a few, or freedom for a few.”
~ William Morris

it’s just a temp job

“It’s a very uniting thing to see different people from the same generation working their 9-to-5 placeholder gigs, waiting for their real lives to begin.”
~ Joe Reid

ugly

“Ugly when compared to pre-existing notions of taste is a bummer. But ugly as a representation of mass experimentation and learning is pretty damn cool.”
~ Ze Frank

[source | transcript]

materially and formally

“Though there may not be much of a difference between an Anselm Kiefer canvas and a dirty wall materially, addressing the distinction formally can be an enlightening cultural experience.”
~ M. Leary

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man and dolphins

“Man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much… the wheel, New York, wars, and so on, whilst all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time. But conversely the dolphins believed themselves to be more intelligent than man for precisely the same reasons.”
~ Douglas Adams

another two minutes at college

“Every time you make a deposit, you can think, ‘Oh boy, another two minutes at college.'”
~ from Calvin & Hobbes

my tests

“I understand my tests are popular reading in the teachers’ lounge.”
~ from Calvin & Hobbes

never memorize

“Never memorize something that you can look up.”
~ Albert Einstein