"Universities are the cathedrals of the modern age. They shouldn't have to justify their existence by utilitarian criteria."

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Source : David Lodge (1990). “Nice Work”, Penguin Group USA

David Lodge

#Age Quotes #Modern Quotes #Cathedrals Quotes

“You can tell when someone has been on ***** A guy bulks up, has a new body and never gets tired...You see these guys or girls who come onto the tour talking about their new training programs and their diets where they eat this or that new thingbut they'll never tell you about the drugs they took.”
“High interest rates focus on the revenue of a parasitic class.Historically the financial system has been structured in favour of moneyed interests, that is, creditors.”
“Globalization requires taking a broad contextual and long-term view.”
“You know, I think when people are in important positions in big organizations, they often get tied up with the minutia of managing money, managing things. They often forget that people deserve to be led.”
“To all that he touched he gave a new meaning, a new color, a new outline, a new loveliness, and a new poignancy.”
“Whether an illness affects your heart, your leg or your brain, it's still an illness, and there should be no distinction.”
“Dream and deed are not as different as many think. All the deeds of men are dreams at first, and become dreams in the end.”
“A few years ago, kids from poor areas in France were asked to draw items of food. For a chicken, they drew a drumstick. For a fish, they drew a fish stick. Those are extremes, but there is a lot that needs to be done to help children discover good food.”

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