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Quotes of
Authors of Academia
"There are two things which cannot be attacked in front:
ignorance and narrow-mindedness. They can only be shaken by the simple
development of the contrary qualities. They will not bear
discussion."
Lord John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton -Professor of
Modern History at Cambridge, 1895-1902
"Natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study."
Francis Bacon (1561-1620) Essays: Of Studies
"An economist is an expert
who will know tomorrow why the things he predicted yesterday
didn't happen today."
Laurence J. Peter (1919-1990) Canadian-US
educator, author
"Any fool can criticize,
condemn and complain - and most do."
Dale Carnegie (1888-1955)
Teacher, Writer
Whatever your past has been, you have a spotless future.
Melanie Gustafson, History professor and author
"Not what I have, but what I do is my kingdom."
Thomas Carlyle, Scottish essayist and historian
"No particular man is necessary to the state. We may depend on it that,
if we provide the country with popular institutions, those institutions will
provide it with great men."
Thomas Babington Macaulay
English historian (1800-1859)
"I think no innocent species of wit or pleasantry should
be suppressed, and that a good pun may be admitted among the smaller excellencies
of lively conversation."
James Boswell Scottish biographer
"Youth is like spring, an over praised season more
remarkable for biting winds than genial breezes.
Autumn is the mellower season, and what we
lose in flowers we more than gain in fruits."
Samuel Butler translator: Homers "Odyssey" and
"Iliad"
"You need only reflect that one of the best ways to get
yourself a reputation as a dangerous citizen these days is to go
about repeating the very phrases which our founding fathers used
in the struggle for independence."
-Charles Austin
Beard "The Development of Modern Europe (1907)"
"Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks."
Herodotus (484--432 BC), Greek Historian.
"Democracy does not guarantee equality of conditions --
it only guarantees equality of opportunity."
Irving Kristol, American editor and educator
"Flaming enthusiasm, backed by horse sense and persistence,
is the quality that most frequently makes for success."
Dale Carnegie (1888-1955)
US teacher, writer
If you have other good Quotes to add please E-mail me
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