Home / Quotes / Quote by Morris Kline

Quote by Morris Kline

“Universities hire professors the way some men choose wives - they want the ones the others will admire.”

Quote by Morris Kline

Author

Morris Kline was a renowned mathematician, known for his contributions to mathematics education, the history of mathematics, and the philosophy of mathematics. His influence on the reform of mathematics education in the mid-20th century was profound, and he authored numerous popular mathematics textbooks. more

You May Also Like

“President Bush was once asked which Presidential speech he admired most. He replied that it was the one Teddy Roosevelt had in his pocket that had helped cushion the blow of a would-be assassin's bullet.”

Would Be President Speech Blow Presidential Pockets Admiration Bullets President Bush Assassins Teddy Cushions

Author:Maureen Dowd

“It is not because the touch of genius has roused genius to production, but because the admiration of genius has made talent ambitious, that the harvest is still so abundant.”

Made Stills Talent Genius Productions Admiration Ambitious Harvest

Book:Memoirs, [ed.] by R.W. Emerson, W.H. Channing, and J.F. Clarke

Source: Memoirs, [ed.] by R.W. Emerson, W.H. Channing, and J.F. Clarke

“Some help others in order to receive blessings and admiration. This is simply meaningless. Some cultivate themselves in part to serve others, in part to serve their own pride. They will understand, at best, half of the truth. But those who improve themselves for the sake of the world - to these, the whole truth of the universe will be revealed.”

World Whole Helping Order Universe Understanding Half Pride Blessing Sake Improvement Helping Others Admiration Meaningless Whole Truth

Author:Laozi

“It is not enough to behave reverently; we must feel in our hearts reverence for our Heavenly Father and our Lord, Jesus Christ. Reverence flows from our admiration and respect for Deity. It is something we feel inside our hearts no matter what is going on around us. It is also a personal responsibility. We cannot blame others for disturbing our reverent attitudes.”

“He is the very Janus of poets; he wears almost everywhere two faces; and you have scarce begun to admire the one, ere you despise the other.”

Two Faces Poet Admire Admiration Despise Scarce Janus

Author:John Dryden

“He who understands Archimedes and Apollonius will admire less the achievements of the foremost men of later times.”

Men Time Achievement Mathematics Math Admire Mathematical Admiration

Author:Gottfried Leibniz

“One of George Washington's main concerns was to make sure that his soldiers had adequate supplies of meat: A part of the army has been a week without any kind of flesh, and the rest three or four days. Naked and starving as they are, we cannot enough admire the incomparable patience and fidelity of the soldiery, that they have not been ere this excited by their suffering to a general mutiny and dispersion.”

Kind Has Beens Enough Suffering Three Kindness Four Week Concern Army Soldier Excited Flesh Naked Admire Meat Admiration Adequate Starving Fidelity Supplies Incomparable Mutiny Dispersion

Author:George Washington

“Mark Twain said (particularly about Pink Marsh): "I have been reading him again, and my admiration overflows all limits. ... How effortless the limning! It is as if the work did itself, without help of the master's hand."”

Ifs Writing Has Beens Helping Hands Reading Work Masters Limits Mark Admiration Effortless Overflow

Author:George Ade

“Look somewhere else for someone who can follow you in your researches about numbers. For my part, I confess that they are far beyond me, and I am competent only to admire them.”

Looks Numbers Research Mathematics Math Admire Mathematical Admiration Somewhere Else Competent

Author:Blaise Pascal

“I may not understand, but I am willing to admire.”

May Understanding Willing Admire Admiration

Author:Anthony Hope