"Research must continue to be the centerpiece of intellectual life, and our commitment to research must grow, because our problems are growing."

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Source : Ernest L. Boyer (1997). “Ernest L. Boyer, Selected Speeches, 1979-1995”, Jossey-Bass

Ernest L. Boyer

#Education Quotes #Commitment Quotes #Intellectual Quotes

“Also,I loathe it when you refer to me as dude" Eric Sinclair to Betsy”
“I've grown up watching and admiring Norm. Sherie actually starred in the first off-Broadway show I ever saw in New York, which was The Last Five Years. It's amazing how things come full-circle and how the community (once you hang around it long enough) grows smaller and smaller as it grows. Sharing the stage with these people is more than a dream come true it's so special. They're so warm and giving and offer the best advice. Sherie is very nice and maternal and nurturing.”
“I want the traditional family upheld, but I don't want it upheld to the detriment of other people.”
“The woman and the soldier who do not defend the first pass will never defend the last.”
“When we win on an issue we call it leadership. When we lose, we call it politics. Practicing politics simply means increasing your options for effective results.”
“The rattling of the relays of the Z4 was the only interesting thing to be experienced in Zurich's night life!”

Source : "The First Computers: History and Architectures". Book by Ra L Rojas, p. 270, 2002.
“There were too many lemmings - that was the core of their difficulty. None wanted solitude, but a crowd of this size was a torment. Being sensitive little beasts, they became overstimulated by superfluous numbers of their own kind. They had tried to escape, but with pitiable irony, all tried to escape together.”
“The goal was to create a mood, an atmosphere, and I think we have achieved that. We wanted people to not only get in touch with this character but also with themselves [in Wyatt Earp and the Holy Grail].”

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