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Niall Ferguson Quote: “A historian is battling all the…”

A historian is battling all the time to remember as much as possible.

October 5, 2019 1964, April 18, British, Niall Ferguson, Quotes by Historians

Mary Lasker Quote: “Nobody would have me in their…”

Nobody would have me in their laboratory for five minutes. I couldn’t cut up a frog, and I certainly couldn’t perform surgery. I’m better at making it possible for other people.

October 5, 2019 1900, American, Mary Lasker, November 30, Quotes by Activists

Randy Pausch Quote: “I’m hanging in there, trying to…”

I’m hanging in there, trying to spend as much quality time with my wife and kids as possible, and though it’s very frustrating to know I won’t beat the cancer, there’s a great satisfaction in knowing that I’m walking off the field with no regrets.

October 4, 2019 1960, American, October 23, Quotes by Educators, Randy Pausch

Allen Ginsberg Quote: “The fact to which we have…”

The fact to which we have got to cling, as to a lifebelt, is that it is possible to be a normal decent person and yet be fully alive.

September 28, 2019 1926, Allen Ginsberg, American, June 3, Quotes by Poets

Ian Lustick Quote: “The disappearance of Israel as a…”

The disappearance of Israel as a Zionist project, through war, cultural exhaustion or demographic momentum, is… plausible… Many Israelis see the demise of the country as not just possible, but probable.

September 25, 2019 1949, American, Ian Lustick, Quotes by Historians

Quintilian Quote: “As regards parents, I should like…”

As regards parents, I should like to see them as highly educated as possible, and I do not restrict this remark to fathers alone.

September 22, 2019 35, Quintilian, Quotes by Educators, Roman

John Stuart Mill Quote: “Unquestionably, it is possible to do…”

Unquestionably, it is possible to do without happiness; it is done involuntarily by nineteen-twentieths of mankind.

September 8, 2019 1806, English, John Stuart Mill, May 20, Quotes by Philosophers

Randall Jarrell Quote: “I think that one possible definition…”

I think that one possible definition of our modern culture is that it is one in which nine-tenths of our intellectuals can’t read any poetry.

September 3, 2019 1914, American, May 6, Quotes by Poets, Randall Jarrell

George Bancroft Quote: “Dishonesty is so grasping it would…”

Dishonesty is so grasping it would deceive God himself, were it possible.

September 1, 2019 1800, American, George Bancroft, October 3, Quotes by Historians

Morris Raphael Cohen Quote: “Liberalism is an attitude rather than…”

Liberalism is an attitude rather than a set of dogmas – an attitude that insists upon questioning all plausible and self-evident propositions, seeking not to reject them but to find out what evidence there is to support them rather than their possible alternatives.

August 28, 2019 1880, July 25, Morris Raphael Cohen, Quotes by Philosophers, Russian

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