Recess Quotations

If you win a Super Bowl before you're fired, you're a genius, and everyone listens to you. But a coach is just a guy whose best class in grammar school was recess and whose best class in high school was P.E. I never thought I was anything but a guy whose best class was P.E.

I retired when the Supreme Court rose for the summer recess in 2009, and a couple of weeks later I drove north from Washington with no regrets about the prior 19 years or about the decision to try living a more normal life for whatever time might remain.

When I was little I used to dance and model and that was fun. But I was always the person that was goofing off and I would memorize every line in every movie that I saw. And at recess that's what I would do, I would talk to my friends and recite movies.

Play is under attack in our nation's schools - and shrinking recess periods are only part of the problem. Homework is increasing. Cities are building new schools without playgrounds. Safety concerns are prompting bans of tag, soccer, and even running on the schoolyard.

Right now many schools have no recess. Most schools have no PE.

Whether we have a draft that everyone agrees on, or whether it's decided that there should be a recess of some kind, we don't know yet,

We requested that the committee defer its request for a staff interview at least until after the August recess or until such time as we were better informed. We never received a response to this letter.

No mind, however loving, could bear to see plainly into all the recess of another mind.

There are no complications or any restrictions on his activities. His doctors have recommended that he take advantage of the summer congressional recess for some down time.

There are no complications or any restrictions on his activities. He has undergone evaluations this week, and his doctors have recommended that he take advantage of the summer congressional recess for some downtime.

If we have a first grader and they are late 50 times and they come in at 8:15 a.m., they have missed 12 and a half hours of school. As a first grader, reading is crucial for them and we've lost that time. We can hold them in at recess and do interventions, but that's not (fun for the child). We have older students that come in an hour and a half late. Do the math on that one. Plus, they are missing math first thing in the morning.

I got the impression from the government that they don't see any basic difficulties in parliament ... Parliament is is recess but people continue to work on the law.

I don't expect by the (parliamentary) recess that he'll have redesigned the IT systems. David Henshaw is not looking at operational issues today. He is not going to recommend that we break away from the contract with our suppliers.

If it's the old-fashioned recess - free play - that's another thing.

He has undergone evaluations this week, and his doctors have recommended that he take advantage of the summer congressional recess for some downtime.

Rescuing Recess is a part of Cartoon Network's overall GET ANIMATED program that encourages kids to lead active, healthy lifestyles and learn how to become advocates for issues that are important to them. Recess is the one time at school when kids get a break to have unstructured play, and serves as an essential part of their development. We want to arm kids, parents and teachers with tools to ensure that recess remains a part of the school day, so this is just the beginning of a larger Cartoon Network effort to empower our youth.

Steel and banks had risen without a recess recently. That's apparently overdone.

The 9/11 Commission recently released their report, citing important changes which need to be made to improve our nation's homeland security. I voiced my disappointment with the House leadership when this report was left until after the August recess for action.

We are delighted to reintroduce the MLS/NEA Get a Kick Out of Reading program to central Ohio families. The upcoming Winter Recess offers a fantastic opportunity to rediscover the joys of reading for pleasure and we look forward to seeing a great many participants at our home opener on April 15." ()

We should recess to pay respects to the chief justice and his family, ... But we should continue on with the confirmation hearings to make sure that there aren't eight justices on the court when the new session begins.

The only true vision comes not from God but from the inmost recesses of the human mind.

This will be the first U.N. ambassador since 1948 that we've ever sent there under a recess appointment,

Both counties should continue adding jobs in the coming months as seasonal employment grows during the spring and summer. The next significant dip in employment should come in July when schools recess for summer break.

Every child should have time for arts, music, sports, drama, robotics, school newspapers and the like, not to mention recess and play.

During the year, our schools are busy slashing P.E. and recess to make more time for math. During the summer, we get ourselves worked into a tizzy that our children will forget their fractions.

A recess is one of the sort of termination scenarios. It's definitely an idea which we don't want to do,

It's nothing more than a formal recess to call and get people here.

For kids who miss the first breakfast, they have a chance to get it later in the morning, like whenever the next recess is, ... It's good for kids and good for increasing revenue.

For kids who miss the first breakfast, they have a chance to get it later in the morning, like whenever the next recess is, ... It's good for kids and good for increasing revenue.

They'll leave for a two-week Easter recess by the end of the day.

The correct strategy for Americans negotiating with Japanese or other foreign clients is a Japanese strategy: ask questions. When you think you understand, ask more questions. Carefully feel for pressure points. If an impasse is reached, don't pressure. Suggest a recess or another meeting.

In court, jurors are admonished by the judge at every recess not to discuss the case or form any opinions until the case is given to them for deliberations. Of course, there is no such limitation on the public.

In the innermost recess of your heart there is a reservoir of peace where you must take refuge.

I hope it will assist the Senate if the recess is available to the leaders to discuss and decide the numerous transition issues the Senate will face.

Get informed and get active. Ask your child's school administrators whether recess is available and how it's implemented.

I can't characterize the recess, but a recess in collective bargaining is not rare and is often called for various reasons.

Being an actor on a movie set is like going to the playground at recess.

The Eucharist engages us unreservedly; it is a pact of love, an alliance signed in the deeper recesses of our being. All our potentialities are called upon to warrant the protection and fulfillment of this pact.

Recess and lunch are the best.

The US is safest when Congress is in recess.