Kaye Parker

Being in my twenties in the sixties was a lot more fun and being in my seventies in the twenties.

Remember our discussion about women in sports? Think of any TV or movie you’ve seen recently. Will it pass the Bechdel test? Is there a scene with (1) two women (2) talking to each other (3) about something other than a man. If so, it passed the Bechdel test. Now think about a sports show you have watched. Did you happen to see (1) two women (2) talking (4) about something other than a man’s performance. ... This explains in part the huge disparity in money earned in the sports world.

Name a book that made you cry? Algebra!Name a book that made you cry? Algebra!

What shall it profit a child if he gains the whole curriculum and loses his health?

A woman’s success has a lot to do with the other people she has in her life. I’ve been lucky enough to have some wonderful people in my life.

Anyone who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. Voltaire

I have two doctors, my Left leg and my right. George Trevyan, British historian. So get out and walk!

It’s better to have your nose in a book than in other people’s business!

Reading can seriously damage your ignorance

Born not of power and privilege, but a care for the common good, with malice toward none and charity to all. Abraham Lincoln

Make sure others leave you feeling happier than when they arrived.Make sure others leave you feeling happier than when they arrived.

Through the course of our lives we do wise and unwise things. Wisdom is teaching that point where the wise outnumber the unwise actions.

The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality it times of moral crisis. Dante Alighieri

I like deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.

The new year lies before you like a track of new-fallen snow. Be careful how you walk on it, for every mark will show. Happy New Year.