Quotes by Educator | Beyond Motive 9/33

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"It is useful to the historian, among others, to be able to see the commonest forms of different phenomena, whether phonetic, morphological or other, and how language lives, carries on and changes over time."

"It is useful to the historian, among others, to be able to see the commonest forms of different phenomena, whether phonetic, morphological or other, and how language lives, carries on and changes over time."

Ferdinand de Saussure, Swiss Educator

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"The essence of strategy is choosing what not to do."

"The essence of strategy is choosing what not to do."

Michael Porter, American Educator

43

"The opposite of bravery is not cowardice but conformity."

"The opposite of bravery is not cowardice but conformity."

Robert Anthony, American Educator

Conformity, Bravery, Cowardice

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"The monopoly of science in the realm of knowledge explains why evolutionary biologists do not find it meaningful to address the question whether the Darwinian theory is true."

"The monopoly of science in the realm of knowledge explains why evolutionary biologists do not find it meaningful to address the question whether the Darwinian theory is true."

Phillip E. Johnson, American Educator

Science, Knowledge, Question, Theory

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"Unfaithfulness in the keeping of an appointment is an act of clear dishonesty. You may as well borrow a person's money as his time."

"Unfaithfulness in the keeping of an appointment is an act of clear dishonesty. You may as well borrow a person's money as his time."

Horace Mann, American Educator

Money, Time, Act, Dishonesty

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"It is a curious phenomena that God has made the hearts of the poor, rich and those of the rich, poor."

"It is a curious phenomena that God has made the hearts of the poor, rich and those of the rich, poor."

Vinoba Bhave, Indian Educator

43

"Their term project consists of a fieldwork collection of folklore that they create by interviewing family members, friends, or anyone they can manage to persuade to serve as an informant."

"Their term project consists of a fieldwork collection of folklore that they create by interviewing family members, friends, or anyone they can manage to persuade to serve as an informant."

Alan Dundes, American Educator

Friendship, Family, Friends, Project

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"If unemployment could be brought down to say 2 percent at the cost of an assured steady rate of inflation of 10 percent per year, or even 20 percent, this would be a good bargain."

"If unemployment could be brought down to say 2 percent at the cost of an assured steady rate of inflation of 10 percent per year, or even 20 percent, this would be a good bargain."

William Vickrey, Canadian Educator

Economy, Bargain, Inflation, Unemployment

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"For too long nurses have been undervalued, restricted in what they could do, with too few career opportunities in clinical practice. For far too long, nurses have endured a pay system that has held them back - both professionally as well as financially."

"For too long nurses have been undervalued, restricted in what they could do, with too few career opportunities in clinical practice. For far too long, nurses have endured a pay system that has held them back - both professionally as well as financially."

John Hutton, English Educator

Career, Nurses, Practice

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"Chances are the movements of the euro as against the dollar will be relatively moderate."

"Chances are the movements of the euro as against the dollar will be relatively moderate."

Robert C. Solomon, American Educator

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"Winter lingered so long in the lap of Spring that it occasioned a great deal of talk."

"Winter lingered so long in the lap of Spring that it occasioned a great deal of talk."

Bill Nye, American Educator

Transition, Spring, Talk, Winter

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"Our children are counting on us to provide two things: consistency and structure. Children need parents who say what they mean, mean what they say, and do what they say they are going to do."

"Our children are counting on us to provide two things: consistency and structure. Children need parents who say what they mean, mean what they say, and do what they say they are going to do."

Barbara Coloroso, American Educator

Consistency, Children, Parents

43

"I obtain great satisfaction out of using my intellect."

"I obtain great satisfaction out of using my intellect."

Temple Grandin, American Educator

Intellectual, Intellect, Satisfaction

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"Dissatisfaction with possession and achievement is one of the requisites to further achievement."

"Dissatisfaction with possession and achievement is one of the requisites to further achievement."

John Hope, American Educator

Achievement, Possession

43

"When it began I wrote this passionate letter to people I knew, studio members, of course, and other people with whom we have worked over the years and I said come and teach our students."

"When it began I wrote this passionate letter to people I knew, studio members, of course, and other people with whom we have worked over the years and I said come and teach our students."

James Lipton, American Educator

People, Students, Years

42

"It's not proper for a professor to go before a class and promote one party or another. That's not academic scholarship."

"It's not proper for a professor to go before a class and promote one party or another. That's not academic scholarship."

Juan Cole, American Educator

Professor, Class, Party

42

"Words are also seeds, and when dropped into the invisible spiritual substance, they grow and bring forth after their kind."

"Words are also seeds, and when dropped into the invisible spiritual substance, they grow and bring forth after their kind."

Charles Fillmore, American Educator

Spiritual, Words

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"As a theist I believe that God exists and that God creates."

"As a theist I believe that God exists and that God creates."

Phillip E. Johnson, American Educator

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"IT is difficult to speak or write with becoming moderation or propriety, on topics to which we are biased by prejudice, interest, or even principle."

"IT is difficult to speak or write with becoming moderation or propriety, on topics to which we are biased by prejudice, interest, or even principle."

Joseph Lancaster, English Educator

Interest, Moderation, Prejudice

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"Power runs with ideas that only the crazy would draw into doubt."

"Power runs with ideas that only the crazy would draw into doubt."

Lawrence Lessig, American Educator

Power, Ideas, Doubt

42

"The production of wealth is the result of agreement between labor and capital, between employer and employed. Its distribution, therefore, will follow the law of its creation, or great injustice will be done."

"The production of wealth is the result of agreement between labor and capital, between employer and employed. Its distribution, therefore, will follow the law of its creation, or great injustice will be done."

Leland Stanford, American Educator

Wealth, Agreement, Creation, Injustice

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"Libertarians typically argue that particular obligations, at least under normal circumstances, must be created by consent; they cannot be unilaterally imposed by others."

"Libertarians typically argue that particular obligations, at least under normal circumstances, must be created by consent; they cannot be unilaterally imposed by others."

Tom G. Palmer, American Educator

Circumstance, Circumstances

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"It also called upon traditional people in the Four Directions to strengthen the healing ceremonies and asked people to heed the warnings of Mother Earth."

"It also called upon traditional people in the Four Directions to strengthen the healing ceremonies and asked people to heed the warnings of Mother Earth."

Dennis Banks, American Educator

Family, Mother, People, Earth, Healing

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"It is not enough for me to ask question; I want to know how to answer the one question that seems to encompass everything I face: What am I here for?"

"It is not enough for me to ask question; I want to know how to answer the one question that seems to encompass everything I face: What am I here for?"

Abraham Joshua Heschel, Polish Educator

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"The human organism inherits so delicate an adjustment to climate that, in spite of man's boasted ability to live anywhere, the strain of the frozen North eliminates the more nervous and active types of mind."

"The human organism inherits so delicate an adjustment to climate that, in spite of man's boasted ability to live anywhere, the strain of the frozen North eliminates the more nervous and active types of mind."

Ellsworth Huntington, American Educator

Ability, Climate, Man, Mind

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"One of my sensory problems was hearing sensitivity, where certain loud noises, such as a school bell, hurt my ears. It sounded like a dentist drill going through my ears."

"One of my sensory problems was hearing sensitivity, where certain loud noises, such as a school bell, hurt my ears. It sounded like a dentist drill going through my ears."

Temple Grandin, American Educator

Health, Hearing, Hurt, Problems, School

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"There is no greater challenge than to have someone relying upon you; no greater satisfaction than to vindicate his expectation."

"There is no greater challenge than to have someone relying upon you; no greater satisfaction than to vindicate his expectation."

Kingman Brewster, Jr., American Educator

Challenge, Expectation, Satisfaction

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"In this world of chance and change and mutability, the fulfillment of any resolve depends on the will of the Lord."

"In this world of chance and change and mutability, the fulfillment of any resolve depends on the will of the Lord."

Vinoba Bhave, Indian Educator

Change, Chance, Fulfillment, Will

42

"I've been opposed to human cloning from the very beginning."

"I've been opposed to human cloning from the very beginning."

Leon Kass, American Educator

42

"I would say that, intellectually, Catholicism had no more impact on me than did social theory."

"I would say that, intellectually, Catholicism had no more impact on me than did social theory."

Paul Farmer, American Educator

Religion, Catholicism, Theory

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"Every dogma, every philosophic or theological creed, was at its inception a statement in terms of the intellect of a certain inner experience."

"Every dogma, every philosophic or theological creed, was at its inception a statement in terms of the intellect of a certain inner experience."

Felix Adler, German Educator

Experience, Intellect

42

"Incomprehensible jargon is the hallmark of a profession."

"Incomprehensible jargon is the hallmark of a profession."

Kingman Brewster, Jr., American Educator

Language, Jargon, Profession

42

"We can put television in its proper light by supposing that Gutenberg's great invention had been directed at printing only comic books."

"We can put television in its proper light by supposing that Gutenberg's great invention had been directed at printing only comic books."

Robert M. Hutchins, American Educator

Books, Invention, Light, Printing

42

"The Canadian run can be no different, at least in terms of actual running."

"The Canadian run can be no different, at least in terms of actual running."

Dennis Banks, American Educator

42

"I am more and more convinced that our happiness or our unhappiness depends far more on the way we meet the events of life than on the nature of those events themselves."

"I am more and more convinced that our happiness or our unhappiness depends far more on the way we meet the events of life than on the nature of those events themselves."

Wilhelm von Humboldt, German Educator

Happiness, Life, Nature, Events

42

"If the Court were to extend its reach to the base, judges could begin managing conditions of confinement, interrogation methods, and the use of information."

"If the Court were to extend its reach to the base, judges could begin managing conditions of confinement, interrogation methods, and the use of information."

John Yoo, American Educator

Politics, Court, Information, Judges

42

"That is a good book which is opened with expectation, and closed with delight and profit."

"That is a good book which is opened with expectation, and closed with delight and profit."

Amos Bronson Alcott, American Educator

Delight, Expectation, Profit

42

"It is straightforward for me to be ethical, responsible, and kind-hearted because I have the resources to support that."

"It is straightforward for me to be ethical, responsible, and kind-hearted because I have the resources to support that."

Edward Tufte, American Educator

42

"That man is a creature who needs order yet yearns for change is the creative contradiction at the heart of the laws which structure his conformity and define his deviancy."

"That man is a creature who needs order yet yearns for change is the creative contradiction at the heart of the laws which structure his conformity and define his deviancy."

Freda Adler, American Educator

Change, Heart, Conformity, Contradiction

42

"Many writers upon the science of political economy have declared that it is the duty of a nation first to encourage the creation of wealth; and second, to direct and control its distribution. All such theories are delusive."

"Many writers upon the science of political economy have declared that it is the duty of a nation first to encourage the creation of wealth; and second, to direct and control its distribution. All such theories are delusive."

Leland Stanford, American Educator

Science, Control, Wealth, Creation

42

"To philosophical materialists God is no more than an idea in the human mind, and not a very important idea."

"To philosophical materialists God is no more than an idea in the human mind, and not a very important idea."

Phillip E. Johnson, American Educator

God, Idea, Mind

42

"A linguistic system is a series of differences of sound combined with a series of differences of ideas."

"A linguistic system is a series of differences of sound combined with a series of differences of ideas."

Ferdinand De Saussure, Swiss Educator

Creativity, Ideas, Sound

42

"The newspaper fits the reader's program while the listener must fit the broadcaster's program."

"The newspaper fits the reader's program while the listener must fit the broadcaster's program."

Kingman Brewster, Jr., American Educator

Reading, Read, Kingman Brewster

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"Modernism is typically defined as the condition that begins when people realize God is truly dead, and we are therefore on our own."

"Modernism is typically defined as the condition that begins when people realize God is truly dead, and we are therefore on our own."

Phillip E. Johnson, American Educator

42

"While the spoken word can travel faster, you can't take it home in your hand. Only the written word can be absorbed wholly at the convenience of the reader."

"While the spoken word can travel faster, you can't take it home in your hand. Only the written word can be absorbed wholly at the convenience of the reader."

Kingman Brewster, Jr., American Educator

Home, Travel, Word

42

"Libertarians recognize the difference between adults and children, as well as differences between normal adults and adults who are insane or mentally hindered or retarded."

"Libertarians recognize the difference between adults and children, as well as differences between normal adults and adults who are insane or mentally hindered or retarded."

Tom G. Palmer, American Educator

Family, Children, Difference

42

"The data, however, do indicate that Christians who see Jews through a 17th-century lens, believing that most are thoroughly religious, are thoroughly wrong."

"The data, however, do indicate that Christians who see Jews through a 17th-century lens, believing that most are thoroughly religious, are thoroughly wrong."

Marvin Olasky, American Educator

Tolerance, Religious, Wrong

42

"Europe has what we do not have yet, a sense of the mysterious and inexorable limits of life, a sense, in a word, of tragedy. And we have what they sorely need: a sense of life's possibilities."

"Europe has what we do not have yet, a sense of the mysterious and inexorable limits of life, a sense, in a word, of tragedy. And we have what they sorely need: a sense of life's possibilities."

James Baldwin, American Educator

Life, Europe, Limits, Possibilities

42

"The government has become a mechanism for distributing largess, and your census form is your ticket."

"The government has become a mechanism for distributing largess, and your census form is your ticket."

Tom G. Palmer, American Educator

42

"The college graduate is presented with a sheepskin to cover his intellectual nakedness."

"The college graduate is presented with a sheepskin to cover his intellectual nakedness."

Robert M. Hutchins, American Educator

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