James Barr
(1924–2006) British bible scholar
“Isn't it odd how parents grieve if their child spends six hours a day on the 'Net, but are delighted if those same hours are spent reading books?”
Attributed
Help us to complete the source, original and additional information
Do you have more details about the quote "Isn't it odd how parents grieve if their child spends six hours a day on the 'Net, but are delighted if those same hour…" by Nicholas Negroponte?
Nicholas Negroponte 16
American computer scientist 1943Related quotes
“Six hours in sleep, in law's grave study six,
Four spend in prayer, the rest on Nature fix.”
Edward Coke
(1552–1634) English lawyer and judge
Translation of lines quoted by Coke. Compare: "Seven hours to law, to soothing slumber seven; Ten to the world allot, and all to heaven" - Sir William Jones.
“An artisan busies himself with his work for three hours each day and spends nine hours in study.”
Maimónides
book
Mishneh Torah
Treatise 3: “The Study of the Torah,” Chapter 1, Section 12, H. Russell, trans. (1983), p. 52
Mishneh Torah (c. 1180)
“Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.”
Abraham Lincoln
(1809–1865) 16th President of the United States
Variant: If I had eight hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend six hours sharpening my ax.
Peter Jennings
(1938–2005) News anchor
Larry King Interview (8 September 2003)
Context: On 9/11, those of us who do the jobs that I do, flew without a net for hour and hour and hour after end. And then you hope and pray that you've had the experience to be up to it. Because then you're editor, analyst, reporter, correspondent, ringmaster, the whole thing.
“Lose an hour in the morning, and you will spend all day looking for it.”
Richard Whately
(1787–1863) English rhetorician, logician, economist, and theologian
Carlos Zambrano
(1981) Venezuelan baseball pitcher
Muskat, Carrie, Notes: Zambrano needs quiet time http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20050522&content_id=1058873&vkey=news_chc&fext=.jsp&c_id=chc, MLB.com, Retrieved on June 15, 2007.
2005