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Family Quotes - Page 16

The mother's heart is the child's schoolroom.

Henry Ward Beecher (1887). “Beecher : Christian Philosopher, Pulpit Orator, Patriot and Philantropist: A Volume of Representative Selections from the Sermons, Lectures, Prayers, and Letters of Henry Ward Beecher”

At its best, schooling can be about how to make a life, which is quite different from how to make a living.

Neil Postman (2011). “The End of Education: Redefining the Value of School”, p.10, Vintage

These are really terribly rough times, and we really should try to be as nice to each other as possible.

"Interviewing Lou Reed: Not a perfect day" by Simon Hattenstone, www.theguardian.com. May 19, 2003.

If the family were a boat, it would be a canoe that makes no progress unless everyone paddles.

Letty Cottin Pogrebin (1983). “Family politics: love and power on an intimate frontier”, McGraw-Hill Companies

You know the only people who are always sure about the proper way to raise children? Those who've never had any.

Bill Cosby (2002). “Bill Cosby on Fatherhood”, p.56, Peter Pauper Press, Inc.

Siblings: children of the same parents, each of whom is perfectly normal until they get together.

Sam Levenson (2016). “Everything But Money: A Life of Riches”, p.124, Open Road Media