Robert Baden-Powell

The method of instruction in Scouting is that of creating in the boy the desire to learn for himself.

A Scout is never taken by surprise; he knows exactly what to do when anything unexpected happens.

A boy carries out suggestions more wholeheartedly when he understands their aim.

I was a really bad teenager and I got my tongue pierced. I don't even remember where I did it, but it was under very surreptitious circumstances.

The Parthenon without the marbles is like a smile with a tooth missing.

Giving jazz the Congressional seal of approval is a little like making Huck Finn an honorary Boy Scout.