Quote Stealing Quote of the Day

"Can you say that again? I might want to use it next time." -- A coworker's reaction to me saying, "A good leader should motivate people to be better, not bitter."

Quote of the Day

"I got bit by a pig on Friday." -- A co-worker's surprisingly true tale of woe.

Quote of the Day

"I only remember 'down' because it sounds like a swear word." -- An 11 year old boy's reason for knowing the word "shita" (した) in Japanese.

One-upmanship of the Day

"They're all blind." -- Man in Sports Authority who told me he was in charge of taking 13 people on a kayaking trip in Alaska.

Question of the Day

"So when are you going to get married?"-- question posed by an old lady at my table at a friend's wedding reception less than 90 minutes into our first/only conversation.

Compliment of the Day

"You're going to be some high level...muckity muck." -- A mentor's vision of what I have the potential to become.

Philosophy of the Day

"I set my goals low; that way I can always say I met all of them." -- a friend's goal setting ideology.

Grandma's Lesson of the Day

"I told him, 'It doesn't matter as long as he's a good person.'" -- Grandma's recollection of what she said in response to a friend's amazement that she would allow her only daughter, who is Japanese, to marry a Korean.

Number of the Day

"Feleven" -- Hasty answer given by a student trying to decide between the two choices of "four" and "eleven"

Testimony of the Day

"I have a testimony that Laie is a very unusual spot." -- Overheard at church this afternoon. (I know that the speaker meant something more like "unique" or "special")

Warning of the Day

"No running down the trail!" -- Warning yelled at me from a 6 or 7 year old who was on the trail with his grandparents.

Quote of the Day

"A.D.D. is contagious!" -- Conclusion drawn from a conversation with a fellow teacher about how we now get easily distracted and cannot stay focused on one task at a time...just like a lot of our students.

Quote of the Day

"I got the idea right from the newspaper." -- A coworker's revelation of where he got the idea to unroll some toilet paper, slip in a new $10 bill, re-roll the TP and leave it for his wife to find on April 1st.

Question of the Day

"Where did Mr. Hwang go?" -- Asked to the teacher who was covering my class by the very same man who assigned me to go to another room to proctor exams.

Conversion of the Day

"That's only like a mile and a half." -- A coworker's reaction to my telling him that I would do a 5K "Fun" Run/Walk this Saturday.

Quote of the Day

"So shame." -- One student's surprising reaction to finding she lived close to her teacher.

(Smart) Quote of the Day

"Garlic!" -- Uncle's smart aleck answer that elicited a scowl from my aunt who had just said, "Mmm. This garlic chicken is so ono. I wonder what they put in it?"

Quote of the Day

"Isn't that terrible? I can't tell that joke in front of too many people." -- Admission from a coworker who got a courtesy laugh from me after he told an off-color joke.

Standard of the Day

"We would hang out more if you swore more often." -- A friend's criteria for our association.

Ungrateful Quote of the Day

"Can I just have the money instead?" -- A student's response after I thought I'd reward him with a plate lunch for some (unusually) exemplary behavior during testing.