Beginning

Famous quotes containing the word beginning:

“Here is the beginning of understanding: most parents are doing their best, and most children are doing their best, and they’re doing pretty well, all things considered.”
—Richard Louv (20th century)

“Stupid word, that. Period. In America it means “full stop” like in punctuation. That’s stupid as well. A period isn’t a full stop. It’s a new beginning. I don’t mean all that creativity, life-giving force, earth-mother stuff, I mean it’s a new beginning to the month, relief that you’re not pregnant, when you don’t have to have a child.”
—Michelene Wandor (b. 1940)

“The beginning of self-knowledge: recognizing that your motives are the same as other people’s.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)