A candle can bring light to a dungeon but it can also be used to light a deadly marijuana cigarette.
Eleanor RooseveltOf all the nations in the Western world, the United States, with the most money and the most time, has the fewest readers of books per capita. This is an incalculable loss. This, too, is one of the few civilized nations in the world which is unable to support a single magazine devoted solely to books.
Eleanor RooseveltEach time you learn something new you must readjust the whole framework of your knowledge
Eleanor RooseveltWhen you adopt the standards and the values of someone else … you surrender your own integrity. You become, to the extent of your surrender, less of a human being.
Eleanor RooseveltHome-making today should have a background of scientific training because only in this way can real efficiency be achieved. The average girl wants to be able to keep her house with the least possible strain, and in order to do this she must have good training. This can best be achieved by taking a good course in home economics.
Eleanor Roosevelt