Quotes by John Bacon (1740–1799)

John Bacon Quotes

- I heard that Jesus had a pet dinosaur. Evolution must be a myth then.

- It comes down to the way you treat people. When you treat people with dignity and respect all the time, you can work through anything.

- We will grieve not, rather find strength in what remains behind. In the faith that looks through death, in years that bring the philosophic mind.

- I like the idea of making sure parents are informed. If comprehensive sex education is what they want, fine. It will be the responsibility for the school district to sell the program and why it is important.

- There's been improvement in a lot of areas. It's not 100 percent, and not every hotel is doing well, but we can take some comfort in that improvement.

- We're less than 1 percent behind last year, at this point.

- This is great for science. It gets rid of a lot of the dogma that is taught in science class today.

- When it comes down to it the city made the law and they need look at it how it's affecting college students in a negative, they're being put out on the street.

- I don't think it will be a stumbling block. The city is supportive of the project. But, we aren't taking anything for granted.

- No one has ever committed as much as we have to the process.

- In the last four months, it's happened three times, just out of the blue, so we have a feeling the retail market is ready to be downtown. The retailers are the ones calling.

- My whole objective is that parents are involved. There are some programs that we've heard about, and I don't think parents know everything that's being taught.

- We have a key list of two dozen tenants we want to get this in front of and get their feedback, because they are integral to how the project may take shape.

- People were growing disenchanted with possible worlds.

- The resulting weird system must have so puzzled my examiners that they couldn't or wouldn't ask any telling questions at my oral defense.

- It's very special to come back here and work with these folks, ... It's taken a little adjusting to call them by their first names, but I'm getting used to it.

- When I think about my long-term career as an educator, the thought of being able to do that in Iowa City was especially important to me because it is my home, ... It's kind of my frame of reference. I always think back to my experience at Lemme. My goal is to continue and advance the rich tradition that Lemme does have.

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