Famous quotes containing the words base and/or amount:
“Do not gain basely; base gain is equal to ruin.”
—Hesiod (c. 8th century B.C.)
“How can we help a child change from undependable to dependable, from a mediocre student to a capable student, from someone who won’t amount to very much to someone who will count for something. The answer is at once both simple and complicated: We treat a child as if he already is what we would like him to become.”
—Haim Ginott (20th century)