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" Sticks and stones will break my bones, but names will never hurt me ! Said by one youngster to another calling names. "
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn - Page 110
by Betty Smith - 2005 - 528 pages
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A Glossary of Words and Phrases Used in S. E. Worcestershire ..., Volumes 72-74

English language - 1894 - 240 pages
...who exhibited a wretched creature whose attractions comprised a skin eruption and a spangled suit. Sticks and stones will break my bones, but names will never hurt me ! Said by one youngster to another calling names. Straight off the reel = Without hindrance. That cock...
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A List of Words and Phrases in Every-day Use by the ..., Volume 31, Issue 1

Francis Milnes Temple Palgrave - English language - 1896 - 284 pages
...who exhibited a wretched creature whose attractions comprised a skin eruption and a spangled suit. Sticks and stones will break my bones, but names will never hurt me ! Said by one youngster to another calling names. Straight off the reel = Without hindrance. That cock...
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Ethical Literature

Morris J. Sugarman - Religion - 1988 - 70 pages
...I have a moral duty to let people know with whom they are dealing!" 5 Does the popular expression, "Sticks and stones will break my bones, but names will never hurt me" have a place within the ethical system set forth by the Hafez Hayyim? в In what sense can gossip and...
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Nomination of an Associate Judge: Hearing Before the Committee on the ...

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the District of Columbia - Judges - 1976 - 1102 pages
...car, he never assaulted anyone; did he? The WITNESS. Verbally, he assaulted us. The COURT. Verbally? Sticks and stones will break my bones; but names will never hurt me. You've heard that one, haven't you? The WITNESS. Yes. Mr. BANOUN. Your Honor, if I may, do—; —...
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When Your Child is Afraid

Robert Schachter - Family & Relationships - 1989 - 292 pages
...dependable, not bullying or domineering. 5. Teach defenses against feeling badly, including the ancient adage "Sticks and stones will break my bones, but names will never hurt me." FEAR OF CRITICISM (AGE EIGHT) Eight-year-old Adam was always a good student, but this year his teachers...
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Five Television Plays

David Mamet - Drama - 1990 - 228 pages
...unconsciously slips his arm around CLORIS. A pause. ) CLORIS: John, you . . . JOHN (cutting her off): Sticks and stones will break my bones, but names will never hurt me. (Pause.) PIERRE (a battlecry): "Let's hear it for now\\\\" (All the POTAWATAMIES scream and run at...
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Dismantling Racism: The Continuing Challenge to White America

Joseph R. Barndt - Religion - 1991 - 198 pages
...limited negative effect. It is something like the well-known child's rebuke of nasty name-calling: "Sticks and stones will break my bones, but names will never hurt me." Even though the name-calling of racial prejudice is profoundly destructive and hurtful, it is far worse...
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Rational-emotive Consultation in Applied Settings

Michael Edwin Bernard, Raymond DiGiuseppe - Medical referral - 1994 - 232 pages
...continues," or "Teasing can't hurt me unless I let it." Help them to leam and understand the concept behind "Sticks and stones will break my bones but names will never hurt me." I usually suggest they add, when repeating this old saying to themselves, ". . . unless 1 let them."...
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Tao and Method: A Reasoned Approach to the Tao Te Ching

Michael LaFargue, Laozi - Religion - 1994 - 664 pages
...changed perception does not go beyond what is validated by this basis (see p. 131). Consider our saying, "Sticks and stones will break my bones but names will never hurt me." The ultimate basis for this saying is the perceived goodness of the maturity and courage expressed...
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CPS for Kids: A Resource Book for Teaching Creative Problem-Solving to Children

Bob Eberle, Bob Stanish - Creative thinking - 1996 - 106 pages
...problems. To encourage students to react rationally when faced with disturbing situations. Introduction: "Sticks and stones will break my bones, but names will never hurt me." Have any of you ever heard that before? What does it mean to you? Do you believe that it's true that...
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