"I am suggesting that quality in undergraduate education means giving students a perspective that is global."

“He that contemns a shrew to the degree of not descending to words with her does worse than beat her.”

“When I was doing Professor Albert Einstein's bust he had many a jibe at the Nazi professors, one hundred of whom had condemned his theory of relativity in a book. 'Were I wrong,' he said, 'one professor would have been enough.”

“Beauty in music is too often confused with something that lets the ears lie back in an easy chair. Many sounds that we are used to do not bother us, and for that reason we are inclined to call them beautiful. Frequently, when a new or unfamiliar work is accepted as beautiful on its first hearing, its fundamental quality is one that tends to put the mind to sleep.”

Source : Charles Ives (2004). “Essays Before a Sonata”, p.125, 1st World Publishing

“Personality is a mask you believe in.”

“If you want to do one good thing in the world, the best thing you can do is give other people joy.”

“If you think that hiring professionals is expensive, try hiring amateurs”

“We will never end poverty if we don't tackle climate change.”

Source : "Transcript: Pre-Spring Meetings Bloggers Teleconference with World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim". www.worldbank.org. April 16, 2013.

“Any Michael Jackson song will make any dancer go nuts.”