"It is a part of the intellectual's tragedy that the things he most values about himself and his work are quite unlike those society values in him..."

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Source : Richard Hofstadter (2012). “Anti-Intellectualism in American Life”, p.33, Vintage

Richard Hofstadter

#Intellectual Quotes #Tragedy Quotes #Values Quotes

“The moment you feel the need to tightly manage someone, you've made a hiring mistake. The best people don't need to be managed. Guided, taught, led-yes. But not tightly managed.”
“If we're at the lowest point in history, that means we're in a new Cold War.”

Source : Source: abcnews.go.com
“The Golden Rule works like gravitation.”

Source : "Cleveland Address". "Bartlett's Familiar Quotations", 10th edition, 1919.
“For if joyful is the fountain that rises in the sun, its springs are in the wells of sorrow unfathomable at the foundations of the Earth.”
“The goal of science is to understand the fundamental reality and the goal of technology is to change that reality.”
“Life and existence have no value in themselves. We mean nothing; not even those who are needed mean anything. The only thing of real value is what we produce.”

Source : Ninni Holmqvist (2010). “The Unit”, p.107, Oneworld Publications
“Good shoes take you to good places”
“The night kept coming on in and there was nothing I could do.”

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