“We English majors...need to promote public libraries as a tool in the war against terror. How many readers of Edith Wharton have engaged in terroristic acts? I challenge you to name one...Do we need to wait until our cities lie in smoking ruins before we wake up to the fact that a first-class public library is a vital link in national defense?” NeedsFirstsBookWarFactsLyingNamesWaitingChallengesCitiesClassReaderMajorsToolsWake UpLibraryTerrorDefenseRuinsEngagedSmokingLinksFirst ClassPublic LibraryNational DefenseEnglish Major Author:Garrison Keillor
“I was an English major at the University of Minnesota, and I was very shy, which many people misinterpreted as intelligence. On the basis of that wrong impression, I became the editor of the campus literary magazine.” PeopleMajorsBasesUniversityImpressionMagazinesShyEditorsCampusMinnesotaEnglish MajorMisinterpretedWrong Impression Author:Garrison Keillor
“I was an English major in college with minors in Fine Arts and Humanities.” ArtHumanityCollegeFineMajorsMinorsFine ArtsEnglish MajorArts And Humanities Author:Sue Grafton
“Finding a technical cofounder would have been difficult for me. I was an English major and didn't know any computer programmers.” KnowsHas BeensDifficultFindingsComputerMajorsProgrammersComputer ProgrammersEnglish Major Author:Jessica Livingston
“There's no doubt that scientific training helps many authors to write better science fiction. And yet, several of the very best were English majors who could not parse a differential equation to save their lives.” WritingHelpingLiteratureFictionDoubtMajorsTrainingScience FictionNo DoubtEquationsEnglish MajorDifferential Equations Author:David Brin
“Not Shakespeare. In college I took a Shakespeare class because I was an English major, and they had a Summer program called Shakespeare at Winedale, which is out in the German Hill country in Texas , where you go out and live for two months and then you perform three plays at the end of that time.” MajorsEnglish Major Author:Jenna Bush