8 Quotes by Robert Lawson

D'you know, Georgie," he said, settling back comfortably in the deep grass, that there song you've been a-singin' at all day - it ain't much of a song and it ain't much of a tune, but there's real good *sense* to it, though you probably don't know it. And I'll tell you why - because there always *is* new Folks comin', that's why. There's always new Folks comin' and always new times comin'.

I have never, as far as I can remember, given one moment's thought as to whether any drawing that I was doing was for adults or children. I have never changed one conception or line or detail to suit the supposed age of the reader. And I have never, in what writing I have done, changed one word or phrase of text because I felt it might be over the heads of children. I have never, I hope, Insulted the intelligence of any child. And with God and my publishers willing, I promise them that I never will.

I was unaware of water in garages in The Vineyards until I received these letters. That's disturbing.

When the calendar came out, there was no date for the prom. We originally thought they would move it to a different date, and then found out they cancelled it altogether .

They originally talked about moving the prom to the night before either graduation or graduation practice, ... because if you don't show up to practice, you're not allowed to walk, which I thought was understandable. We'd have our prom, the next day show up to practice.

The mayor showed his commitment to ensuring the immigrant community access to city services without fear by signing E.O. 41 two years ago. Since that time, city agencies have taken care to comply with the order, and there is not a single documented case of it being violated.

In a capitalist economy, entrepreneurs create businesses to make profits, which they earn by pleasing their customers. But in a socialist system, a bureaucrat decides which businesses can open, where they can operate, and what they can sell, and he really doesn’t care what the customer thinks.

Mao received many reports of starvation and suffering, but he and the Communist Party were unmoved. In late 1958 Mao’s foreign minister, Chen Yi, acknowledged that “casualties have indeed appeared among workers, but it is not enough to stop us in our tracks. This is a price we have to pay, it’s nothing to be afraid of.