Quotes by John Anthony Ciardi

"Every game ever invented by mankind, is a way of making things hard for the fun of it"

"Early to bed and early to rise probably indicates unskilled labor."

"A good question is never answered. It is not a bolt to be tightened into place but a seed to be planted and to bear more seed to"

By John Anthony Ciardi

"A university is what a college becomes when the faculty loses interest in students."

By John Anthony Ciardi

"It is easy enough to praise men for the courage of their convictions. I wish I could teach the sad young men of this mealy gener"

By John Anthony Ciardi

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