Exempted Village School

Famous quotes containing the words exempted, village and/or school:

    “Looking foolish does the spirit good. The need not to look foolish is one of youth’s many burdens; as we get older we are exempted from more and more, and float upward in our heedlessness, singing Gratia Dei sum quod sum.”
    —John Updike (b. 1932)

    “The village had institutionalized all human functions in forms of low intensity.... Participation was high and organization was low. This is the formula for stability.”
    —Marshall McLuhan (1911–1980)

    “It will be a great day when our schools get all the money they need and the Air Force has to hold a bake sale to buy a bomber.”
    —Advertisement. Poster in a school near Irving Place, New York City (1983)