“Among the numerous requisites that must concur to complete an author, few are of more importance than an early entrance into the living world. The seed of knowledge may be planted in solitude, but must be cultivated in public. Argumentation may be taught in colleges, and theories formed in retirement; but the artifice of embellishment and the powers of attraction can be gained only by a general converse.” WorldWritingMayTaughtCollegeTheorySolitudeImportanceSeedsAttractionRetirementEntrancesConversesArtificePower Of AttractionArgumentationEmbellishmentConcur Book:Selected poetry and prose Source: Selected poetry and prose
“The most obvious purpose of college education is to help students acquire information and knowledge by acquainting them with facts, theories, generalizations, principles, and the like. This purpose scarcely requires justification.” FactsHelpingPurposePrinciplesInformationStudentsCollegeTheoryObviousAcquireJustificationCollege EducationGeneralization Author:Derek Bok
“I remember classes in college where the professor was espousing certain theories about how blacks were inherently less intelligent. But I learned a long time ago to give people the benefit of the doubt, not to assume that somebody was reacting to you because of race.” PeopleGivingLongRememberCertainRaceClassDoubtCollegeTheoryBenefitsLong TimeIntelligentAssumingProfessorsLong Time AgoReactingBenefit Of The Doubt Author:Condoleezza Rice
“I left college two months ago because it rewards conformity rather than independence, competition rather than collaboration, regurgitation rather than learning and theory rather than application. Our creativity, innovation and curiosity are schooled out of us.” TwoLeftCreativityCollegeTheoryMonthsInnovationIndependenceCompetitionRewardsCuriosityConformityCollaborationApplicationSchooledTwo Months Author:Dale J. Stephens
“Don't ever let anyone tell you that history doesn't repeat. For 70 years, liberals have been spinning the yarn that FDR's New Deal, despite all the evidence that it exacerbated and prolonged the Great Depression, quickened our economic recovery. Indeed, I remember scratching my head when one of my college history professors in the 1970s tried to convince us of that theory and its corollary - an even better howler - that FDR was actually a conservative, because if he hadn't implemented his socialist programs, the republic would have died right there.” IfsYearsHas BeensRememberDealsEconomicCollegeTheoryEvidenceProgramDiedConservativeRecoveryDespiteRepeatsConvinceRepublicProfessorsSocialistSpinningGreat DepressionNew DealYarnConvince UsEconomic Recovery Author:David Limbaugh
“When I was in college, I had a friend who was an artist and her theory was that all the best art in the world is funny/sad. That was her favorite genre. Funny/sad are probably my two favorite tones.” WorldArtTwoArtistCollegeTheoryGenreToneAll The BestBest Art Author:Micah Perks