Quotes of Floyd Dell - somelinesforyou

“ Idleness is not doing nothing. Idleness is being free to do anything. ”

- Floyd Dell

“ Children are notoriously curious about everything, everything except... the things people want them to know. It then remains for us to refrain from forcing any kind of knowledge upon them, and they will be curious about everything. ”

- Floyd Dell

“ Children are notoriously curious about everything, everything except... the things people want them to know. It then remains for us to refrain from forcing any kind of knowledge upon them, and they will be curious about everything. ”

- Floyd Dell

“ There is no human reason why a child should not admire and emulate his teacher's ability to do sums, rather than the village bum's ability to whittle sticks and smoke cigarettes. The reason why the child does not is plain enough — the bum has put himself on an equality with him and the teacher has not. ”

- Floyd Dell

“ Idleness is not doing nothing. Idleness is being free to do anything. ”

- Floyd Dell

“ Idleness is not doing nothing. Idleness is being free to do anything. ”

- Floyd Dell

“ Idleness is not doing nothing. Idleness is being free to do anything. ”

- Floyd Dell

“ Idleness is not doing nothing. Idleness is being free to do anything. ”

- Floyd Dell

“ Idleness is not doing nothing. Idleness is being free to do anything. ”

- Floyd Dell

“ There is no human reason why a child should not admire and emulate his teacher's ability to do sums, rather than the village bum's ability to whittle sticks and smoke cigarettes. The reason why the child does not is plain enough — the bum has put himself on an equality with him and the teacher has not. ”

- Floyd Dell

“ Idleness is not doing nothing. Idleness is being free to do anything. ”

- Floyd Dell

“ There is no human reason why a child should not admire and emulate his teacher's ability to do sums, rather than the village bum's ability to whittle sticks and smoke cigarettes. The reason why the child does not is plain enough — the bum has put himself on an equality with him and the teacher has not. ”

- Floyd Dell

“ There is no human reason why a child should not admire and emulate his teacher's ability to do sums, rather than the village bum's ability to whittle sticks and smoke cigarettes. The reason why the child does not is plain enough — the bum has put himself on an equality with him and the teacher has not. ”

- Floyd Dell

“ There is no human reason why a child should not admire and emulate his teacher's ability to do sums, rather than the village bum's ability to whittle sticks and smoke cigarettes. The reason why the child does not is plain enough — the bum has put himself on an equality with him and the teacher has not. ”

- Floyd Dell

“ Idleness is not doing nothing. Idleness is being free to do anything. ”

- Floyd Dell

“ Idleness is not doing nothing. Idleness is being free to do anything. ”

- Floyd Dell
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