LZ Granderson Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“Personal style isn't simply an exercise in parroting but rather an exhibition for our own stories - from the gait of our walk to the rhythm of our speech to the manner in which the necktie falls from the knot.”

“Sure, the job of high school teachers is not to tear down students' self-esteem. But it's certainly not to inflate students' sense of self-worth with a bunch of unearned compliments and half-truths.”

“As a newspaper reporter, I covered and was around a fair number of crime scenes involving juvenile delinquents, and few things bothered me more than listening to their parents. Crying, ranting, proclaiming how great their children were despite being kicked out of school or previous run-ins with the law.”

“I don't claim to know everything about parenting, but I do know parents do their children a disservice by constantly sugarcoating their shortcomings to protect their feelings.”

“Parents are supposed to instill a sense of right and wrong in their children and then keep up the due diligence necessary to make sure they don't veer off that path.”

“The more time we invest imitating others, the less that's available to discover and be ourselves.”

“Just because we want our favorite team to win does not mean there's any lack of toughness when a player chooses family first.”

“We're so preoccupied with protecting children from disappointment and discomfort that we're inadvertently excusing them from growing up.”

“With technology and social media and citizen journalism, every rock that used to go unturned is now being flipped, lit and put on TV.”

“It only takes 140 characters to toss one's character out the window.”