"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."

-- Derek Bok

#College Quotes #Principles Quotes #Purpose Quotes

“Everyone is screwed up, broken, clingy, and scared”
“I want to make everybody laugh.”
“Do whatever you want, and don't worry about what everyone else is into.”
“When we are enjoying the conscious presence of God, we are fulfilling the tenets of our salvation.”
“In appearance the labor system of all the colonies was the same.”

Source : Albert Bushnell Hart, Ph.D. (1909). “Epochs of American History”
“Be careful that the love of gain draw us not into any business which may weaken our love of our Heavenly Father, or bring unnecessary trouble to any of His creatures.”
“Do you realize that at the moment we have Barry Goldwater fighting the Moral Majority, with The New York Times rooting for Goldwater? Times have changed.”
“Many people have the impression that there is significant scientific disagreement about global climate change. It's time to lay that misapprehension to rest. There is a scientific consensus on the fact that Earth's climate is heating up and human activities are part of the reason. We need to stop repeating nonsense about the uncertainty of global warming and start talking seriously about the right approach to address it.”

Source : "Undeniable Global Warming". www.washingtonpost.com. December 26, 2004.

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