Quotes by Educator | Beyond Motive 12/33

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"Art exists for the human species. I think that all of the people who love art, those who teach art, and all of you should burn with the obligation to save the world."

"Art exists for the human species. I think that all of the people who love art, those who teach art, and all of you should burn with the obligation to save the world."

Shinichi Suzuki, Japanese Educator

Art, Love, People, Obligation

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"Given the choice, children who don't want for anything will not save... We have an obligation as parents to give our children what they need. What they want we can give them as a special gift, or they can save their money for it."

"Given the choice, children who don't want for anything will not save... We have an obligation as parents to give our children what they need. What they want we can give them as a special gift, or they can save their money for it."

Barbara Coloroso, American Educator

Money, Children, Choice, Obligation

40

"Every ceremony or rite has a value if it is performed without alteration. A ceremony is a book in which a great deal is written. Anyone who understands can read it. One rite often contains more than a hundred books."

"Every ceremony or rite has a value if it is performed without alteration. A ceremony is a book in which a great deal is written. Anyone who understands can read it. One rite often contains more than a hundred books."

G. I. Gurdjieff, Russian Educator

Books, Ceremony, Value

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"Some people strengthen the society just by being the kind of people they are."

"Some people strengthen the society just by being the kind of people they are."

John W. Gardner, American Educator

Society, People, Being

40

"Western civilization, Christianity, decency are struggling for their very lives. In this worldwide civil war, race prejudice is our most dangerous enemy, for it is a disease at the very root of our democratic life."

"Western civilization, Christianity, decency are struggling for their very lives. In this worldwide civil war, race prejudice is our most dangerous enemy, for it is a disease at the very root of our democratic life."

Mordecai Wyatt Johnson, American Educator

Life, War, Civilization, Christianity

40

"One learns little more about a man from the feats of his literary memory than from the feats of his alimentary canal."

"One learns little more about a man from the feats of his literary memory than from the feats of his alimentary canal."

Frank Moore Colby, American Educator

Alimentary, Canal, Literary, Man, Memory

40

"This is a crisis, but there is an opportunity to help revitalize and renew the Catholic community."

"This is a crisis, but there is an opportunity to help revitalize and renew the Catholic community."

William P. Leahy, American Educator

Opportunity, Community, Crisis, Help

40

"They will take a role that scares them over a role that doesn't. That's another thing I like about actors."

"They will take a role that scares them over a role that doesn't. That's another thing I like about actors."

James Lipton, American Educator

Actor, Actors, Will

40

"On sensitive issues, talk isn't cheap - it takes real courage to pry open topics nailed shut."

"On sensitive issues, talk isn't cheap - it takes real courage to pry open topics nailed shut."

Marvin Olasky, American Educator

Courage, Open, Talk

40

"My idea here is that, inasmuch as certain cognitive tasks and principles are tied to nature's laws, these tasks and principles are indifferent to language, culture, gender, or the particular mode of information that is provided."

"My idea here is that, inasmuch as certain cognitive tasks and principles are tied to nature's laws, these tasks and principles are indifferent to language, culture, gender, or the particular mode of information that is provided."

Edward Tufte, American Educator

Nature, Idea, Culture, Gender

40

"Johnny Appleseed was revered . . he was . . . an evangelist (of a doctrine veering perilously close to pantheism)."

"Johnny Appleseed was revered . . he was . . . an evangelist (of a doctrine veering perilously close to pantheism)."

Michael Pollan, American Educator

Religion, Faith, Observation, Humanity, Inspirational

40

"As far as YU faculty and students are concerned, the love for Israel is very strong. Probably about three thousand of our graduates have settled in Israel. On average, every year 650 male and female students study in Israel for a minimum of one year."

"As far as YU faculty and students are concerned, the love for Israel is very strong. Probably about three thousand of our graduates have settled in Israel. On average, every year 650 male and female students study in Israel for a minimum of one year."

Norman Lamm, American Educator

Love, Israel, Students, Study

40

"Tomorrow is always fresh, with no mistakes in it."

"Tomorrow is always fresh, with no mistakes in it."

Lucy Maud Montgomery, Canadian Educator

Mistake, Mistakes, Tomorrow

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"Dignify and glorify common labor. It is at the bottom of life that we must begin, not at the top."

"Dignify and glorify common labor. It is at the bottom of life that we must begin, not at the top."

Booker T. Washington, American Educator

39

"I cannot emphasize enough the importance of a good teacher."

"I cannot emphasize enough the importance of a good teacher."

Temple Grandin, American Educator

39

"Every improvement in communication makes the bore more terrible."

"Every improvement in communication makes the bore more terrible."

Frank Moore Colby, American Educator

Communication, Improvement

39

"If you wanted to build the most powerful computer you could, you can't do better than including everything in the universe that's potentially available."

"If you wanted to build the most powerful computer you could, you can't do better than including everything in the universe that's potentially available."

Seth Lloyd, American Educator

Computer, Universe

39

"What is important for kids to learn is that no matter how much money they have, earn, win, or inherit, they need to know how to spend it, how to save it, and how to give it to others in need. This is what handling money is about, and this is why we give kids an allowance."

"What is important for kids to learn is that no matter how much money they have, earn, win, or inherit, they need to know how to spend it, how to save it, and how to give it to others in need. This is what handling money is about, and this is why we give kids an allowance."

Barbara Coloroso, American Educator

39

"History in its broadest aspect is a record of man's migrations from one environment to another."

"History in its broadest aspect is a record of man's migrations from one environment to another."

Ellsworth Huntington, American Educator

History, Environment, Man

39

"The task of the educator lies in seeing that the child does not confound good with immobility and evil with activity."

"The task of the educator lies in seeing that the child does not confound good with immobility and evil with activity."

Maria Montessori, Italian Educator

39

"A liar should have a good memory."

"A liar should have a good memory."

Quintilian, Roman Educator

39

"Partisan politics has no place in the classroom."

"Partisan politics has no place in the classroom."

Juan Cole, American Educator

Politics, Classroom

39

"More than 50% of significant new regulations that impact on business in the UK now emanate from the EU."

"More than 50% of significant new regulations that impact on business in the UK now emanate from the EU."

John Hutton, English Educator

39

"First, Darwinian theory tells us how a certain amount of diversity in life forms can develop once we have various types of complex living organisms already in existence."

"First, Darwinian theory tells us how a certain amount of diversity in life forms can develop once we have various types of complex living organisms already in existence."

Phillip E. Johnson, American Educator

Life, Diversity, Existence, First

39

"Establishing lasting peace is the work of education; all politics can do is keep us out of war."

"Establishing lasting peace is the work of education; all politics can do is keep us out of war."

Maria Montessori, Italian Educator

Peace, Politics, War, Work

39

"To the extent that the United States has, I don't like the word hegemony, the United States has influence around the world, I don't think that's based on to any significant degree on the fact that countries use the dollar as their major reserve."

"To the extent that the United States has, I don't like the word hegemony, the United States has influence around the world, I don't think that's based on to any significant degree on the fact that countries use the dollar as their major reserve."

Robert C. Solomon, American Educator

Nation, Countries, Fact, Influence, States

39

"The assumption that nature is all there is, and that nature has been governed by the same rules at all times and places, makes it possible for natural science to be confident that it can explain such things as how life began."

"The assumption that nature is all there is, and that nature has been governed by the same rules at all times and places, makes it possible for natural science to be confident that it can explain such things as how life began."

Phillip E. Johnson, American Educator

Life, Nature, Science, Rules

39

"The benefits of biomedical progress are obvious, clear, and powerful. The hazards are much less well appreciated."

"The benefits of biomedical progress are obvious, clear, and powerful. The hazards are much less well appreciated."

Leon Kass, American Educator

Progress, Benefits, Obvious

39

"Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost tradition."

"Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost tradition."

Jacques Barzun, American Educator

Art, Teaching, Tradition

39

"Nor is the suffering limited to children in developing countries."

"Nor is the suffering limited to children in developing countries."

Carol Bellamy, American Educator

Family, Children, Countries, Suffering

39

"Strengthen me by sympathizing with my strength, not my weakness."

"Strengthen me by sympathizing with my strength, not my weakness."

Amos Bronson Alcott, American Educator

Strength, Weakness

39

"Back in those days, in the fifties and sixties, countries had balance of payment's deficits or surpluses, those were reflected much more than today in movements of reserves among countries."

"Back in those days, in the fifties and sixties, countries had balance of payment's deficits or surpluses, those were reflected much more than today in movements of reserves among countries."

Robert C. Solomon, American Educator

Balance, Countries, Today

39

"Solomon's temple also was designed to increase the attractiveness of the city of his residence."

"Solomon's temple also was designed to increase the attractiveness of the city of his residence."

Julius Wellhausen, German Educator

Architecture, Temple

39

"There are those whose sole claim to profundity is the discovery of exceptions to the rules."

"There are those whose sole claim to profundity is the discovery of exceptions to the rules."

Paul Eldridge, American Educator

Discovery, Rules

39

"There is a tremendous range of children with a PDD label."

"There is a tremendous range of children with a PDD label."

Temple Grandin, American Educator

Family, Children

39

"This system of encouragement proves serviceable as a preventive of punishment, the attainment of the tickets being a reward, the forfeiture of them the reverse; and, as such, boys seem often more affected by their loss than by coercion."

"This system of encouragement proves serviceable as a preventive of punishment, the attainment of the tickets being a reward, the forfeiture of them the reverse; and, as such, boys seem often more affected by their loss than by coercion."

Joseph Lancaster, English Educator

Being, Boys, Encouragement, Loss

39

"So uncritically do we accept the idea of property in culture that we don't even question when the control of that property removes our ability, as a people, to develop our culture democratically."

"So uncritically do we accept the idea of property in culture that we don't even question when the control of that property removes our ability, as a people, to develop our culture democratically."

Lawrence Lessig, American Educator

People, Idea, Control, Ability

39

"Take the decision in early March to arrest Muqtada al-Sadr. It was made apparently without knowledge or understanding of the nature of his movement or how widespread it is."

"Take the decision in early March to arrest Muqtada al-Sadr. It was made apparently without knowledge or understanding of the nature of his movement or how widespread it is."

Juan Cole, American Educator

Nature, Knowledge, Decision, March

39

"This does not mean that every copyright must prove its value initially. That would be a far too cumbersome system of control. But it does mean that every system or category of copyright or patent should prove its worth."

"This does not mean that every copyright must prove its value initially. That would be a far too cumbersome system of control. But it does mean that every system or category of copyright or patent should prove its worth."

Lawrence Lessig, American Educator

Control, Value, Worth

39

"The minimum we should hope for with any display technology is that it should do no harm."

"The minimum we should hope for with any display technology is that it should do no harm."

Edward Tufte, American Educator

Technology, Hope, Harm

39

"I've always loved airplanes and flight. The space program was really important to me as a kid. I still have a photo of Armstrong and Aldrin on the moon in my living room."

"I've always loved airplanes and flight. The space program was really important to me as a kid. I still have a photo of Armstrong and Aldrin on the moon in my living room."

Bill Nye, American Educator

Passion, Airplanes, Living, Moon, Space

39

"Praises for our past triumphs are as feathers to a dead bird."

"Praises for our past triumphs are as feathers to a dead bird."

Paul Eldridge, American Educator

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"Administering another country is always a very tricky proposition."

"Administering another country is always a very tricky proposition."

Juan Cole, American Educator

Nation, Country

39

"The representation of the tabernacle arose out of the temple of Solomon as its root, in dependence on the sacred ark, for which there is early testimony, and which in the time of David, and also before it, was sheltered by a tent."

"The representation of the tabernacle arose out of the temple of Solomon as its root, in dependence on the sacred ark, for which there is early testimony, and which in the time of David, and also before it, was sheltered by a tent."

Julius Wellhausen, German Educator

Time, Temple, Dependence

39

"I think people with open minds will observe the way we do things and realize that our goal is to have successful, happy, productive adults, and they will take our ideas and implement them elsewhere for their own children."

"I think people with open minds will observe the way we do things and realize that our goal is to have successful, happy, productive adults, and they will take our ideas and implement them elsewhere for their own children."

Daniel Greenberg, American Educator

Success, People, Successful, Ideas, Goal

39

"The very special place that a language occupies among institutions is undeniable, but there is much more to be said-, a comparison would tend rather to bring out the differences."

"The very special place that a language occupies among institutions is undeniable, but there is much more to be said-, a comparison would tend rather to bring out the differences."

Ferdinand de Saussure, Swiss Educator

39

"Persecution was at least a sign of personal interest. Tolerance is composed of nine parts of apathy to one of brotherly love."

"Persecution was at least a sign of personal interest. Tolerance is composed of nine parts of apathy to one of brotherly love."

Frank Moore Colby, American Educator

Love, Apathy, Interest, Persecution

39

"We speculate as to what is in store for us. But we not only undergo events, we in part cause them or at least influence their course. We have not only to study them but to act."

"We speculate as to what is in store for us. But we not only undergo events, we in part cause them or at least influence their course. We have not only to study them but to act."

Emily Greene Balch, American Educator

Act, Cause, Events, Influence

39

"Admitting the force of these contentions, nevertheless, the custom of meeting together in public assembly for the consideration of the most serious, the most exalted topics of human interest is too vitally precious to be lost."

"Admitting the force of these contentions, nevertheless, the custom of meeting together in public assembly for the consideration of the most serious, the most exalted topics of human interest is too vitally precious to be lost."

Felix Adler, German Educator

Unity, Consideration, Custom, Force, Interest

39

"No doubt it is true that science cannot study God, but it hardly follows that God had to keep a safe distance from everything that scientists want to study."

"No doubt it is true that science cannot study God, but it hardly follows that God had to keep a safe distance from everything that scientists want to study."

Phillip E. Johnson, American Educator

Science, God, Doubt, Scientists

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