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Category Archive: December 8

Norman Finkelstein Quote: “I earn – I’m not – …”

I earn – I’m not – I don’t want to claim I’m a scholar of great stature, but I have made a certain reputation for myself, I’ve published several books, I’ve never been able to get a permanent teaching job.

October 26, 2021 1953, American, December 8, Norman Finkelstein, Quotes by Educators

Robert Sternberg Quote: “Passion is the quickest to develop…”

Passion is the quickest to develop, and the quickest to fade. Intimacy develops more slowly, and commitment more gradually still.

October 26, 2021 1949, American, December 8, Quotes by Educators, Robert Sternberg

Norman Finkelstein Quote: “Conversion and zealotry, just like revelation…”

Conversion and zealotry, just like revelation and apostasy, are flip sides of the same coin, the currency of a political culture having more in common with religion than rational discourse.

October 22, 2021 1953, American, December 8, Norman Finkelstein, Quotes by Educators

Delmore Schwartz Quote: “All poets’ wives have rotten lives…”

All poets’ wives have rotten lives Their husbands look at them like knives.

October 19, 2021 1913, American, December 8, Delmore Schwartz, Quotes by Poets

Robert Sternberg Quote: “And if we don’t have a…”

And if we don’t have a test, what we may end up doing is going back to what this country has done before. We could use social class and we still do, but in the 50s, it was, do you have the right last name and are your parents in privileged positions?

October 3, 2021 1949, American, December 8, Quotes by Educators, Robert Sternberg

Delmore Schwartz Quote: “I am of Russian-Jewish distraction….”

I am of Russian-Jewish distraction.

September 20, 2021 1913, American, December 8, Delmore Schwartz, Quotes by Poets

Norman Finkelstein Quote: “I don’t feel particularly attached to…”

I don’t feel particularly attached to Israel – ‘nationalism,’ as Noam Chomsky said, ‘is not my cup of tea’ – but I feel no particular need to demonize it.

September 17, 2021 1953, American, December 8, Norman Finkelstein, Quotes by Educators

Norman Finkelstein Quote: “The real goal of politics has…”

The real goal of politics has to be getting people to act on what they already know was wrong.

September 5, 2021 1953, American, December 8, Norman Finkelstein, Quotes by Educators

Robert Sternberg Quote: “But what many psychologists have done…”

But what many psychologists have done, probably because they did well on a test themselves and everyone wants high self esteem, is to create this little box and then do their research inside it.

August 10, 2021 1949, American, December 8, Quotes by Educators, Robert Sternberg

Delmore Schwartz Quote: “In dreams begin responsibilities….”

In dreams begin responsibilities.

August 7, 2021 1913, American, December 8, Delmore Schwartz, Quotes by Poets

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