"A university anywhere can aim no higher than to be as British as possible for the sake of the undergraduates, as German as possible for the sake of the public at large-and as confused as possible for the preservation of the whole uneasy balance."

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Source : Clark Kerr (2001). “The Uses of the University”, p.14, Harvard University Press

Clark Kerr

#Confused Quotes #Balance Quotes #Sake Quotes

“Happiness is a very pretty thing to feel, but very dry to talk about.”

Source : Jeremy Bentham (1838). “The Works of Jeremy Bentham, Now First Collected: Under the Superintendence of His Executor, John Bowring ...”, p.64
“A man of business will often deceive you without the slightest scruple, but he will absolutely refuse to commit a theft.”
“I miss the ocean. I miss diving into the cold water and coming out a new man. On the road it's hard to get that feeling. Showers are okay, but there's nothing quite like being in the ocean.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“We're told cars are wasteful. Wasteful of what? Oil did a lot of good sitting in the ground for millions of years. We're told cars should be replaced with mass transportation. But it's hard to reach the drive-through window at McDonald's from a speeding train. And we're told cars cause pollution. A hundred years ago city streets were ankle deep in horse excrement. What kind of pollution do you want? Would you rather die of cancer at eighty or typhoid fever at nine?”
“My best performances were when I was 30 years old, and I was a vegan.”
“Son, my name isn't Knight to you, it's Coach Knight or it's Mr. Knight. I don't call people by their last name and neither should you.”
“Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will.”
“Just as one can compose colors, or forms, so one can compose motions.”

Source : Eric Zafran, Alexander Calder, Elizabeth Mankin Kornhauser, Cynthia E. Roman, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art (2000). “Calder in Connecticut”, Rizzoli Intl Pubns

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