Boys Quote by Henry Sidgwick

“Boys must find ways to compete and see themselves as performing well. If they do not, if society does not provide them with these…

— Michael Gurian

“It has helped me to see more clearly how, as politically incorrect as it may sound, our understanding of “normal” behavior for children has…

— Enrico Gnaulati

Public schoolboys are brought up to assume they should lead society, and Trotskyists know they are right about absolutely everything.

— Harry Enfield

If we're going to have standards in schools, let's be honest and have standards.

— Amy Klobuchar

“for a boy goes to a Public School precisely to be made a normal, sensible boy—a good mixer—to be taken out of himself; and…

— C.S. Lewis

“In almost any group of people you’ll find hierarchy. When groups of adults form in the real world, it’s generally for some common purpose,…

— Paul Graham

We are turning against boys and forgetting a simple truth: that the energy, competitiveness, and corporal daring of normal, decent males is responsible for…

— Christina Hoff Sommers

“Penelope Eckert, who observed boys and girls in high school, points out that boys define their social status in a simple and straightforward way—their…

— Deborah Tannen

Schoolchildren make up their own rules and enforce their own conformities. They feel safest when leisure time is rationed and dosed. They like to…

— Louise J. Kaplan

In a patriarchal society like ours, women have to fight hard for a seat at the table. Boys are privileged over girls from birth.…

— Shabana Azmi

In a high school, the norms act to hold down the achievements of those who are above average, so that the school's demands will…

— James S. Coleman

Boys are capital fellows in their own way, among their mates; but they are unwholesome companions for grown people.

— Charles Lamb