Spark

Famous quotes containing the word spark:

    The applause and the favour of our fellow-men
    Fan even a spark of genius to a flame.
    Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso)

    I do not wish to lose my temper because very shortly I will lose my head. Nevertheless, upon leaving this spark of earthly existence, I have this to say: I shall see you all very soon ... very soon.
    Charlie Chaplin (1889–1977)

    To me education is a leading out of what is already there in the pupil’s soul. To Miss Mackay it is a putting in of something that is not there, and that is not what I call education, I call it intrusion.
    —Muriel Spark (b. 1918)