"It is equally unreasonable to run a university as a "participatory democracy," the approach to governance that once existed in Europe. That approach in European institutions of higher learning was appealing to professors because it was democratic. But those institutions also suffered because they lacked an executive decision-making process; making changes became virtually impossible."

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Source : Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

Henry Rosovsky

#Running Quotes #Europe Quotes #Decision Quotes

“Home is the wallpaper above the bed, the family dinner table, the church bells in the morning, the bruised shins of the playground, the small fears that come with dusk, the streets and squares and monuments and shops that constitute one's first universe.”
“I knew Childress was going to help me because my crew told me on the radio. I really appreciate what Richard did, but that is typical of people in this sport.”
“The greatest mania of all is passion: and I am a natural slave to passion: the balance between my brain and my soul and my body is as wild and delicate as the skin of a Ming vase.”
“When government disappears, its not as if paradise will take its place. When governments are gone, other interests will take their place.”
“Absolutely breathtaking, nail-biting, and edge-of-your-seat. Michael Koryta is a master at maintaining suspense and a hell of a good writer. THOSE WHO WISH ME DEAD is one of the best chase-and-escape novels youâ€™ll read this year-or any other year. The pace never lets up.”
“I still paint. I love the joy that color can give to our lives and to our communities. I try to bring something of the artist in me to my politics.”
“The most sacred duty, the supreme and urgent work, is to deliver humanity from the malediction of Cain - fratricidal war.”
“It looked like the world was covered in a cobbler crust of brown sugar and cinnamon.”

Source : Sarah Addison Allen (2015). “First Frost”, p.2, St. Martin's Press

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