"So far as the mere imparting of information is concerned, no university has had any justification for existence since the popularization of printing in the fifteenth century."

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Source : Carter G. Woodson (2006). “The Mis-Education of the Negro”, p.9, Book Tree

Alfred North Whitehead

#Information Quotes #Printing Quotes #Century Quotes

“Young children learn in a different manner from that of older children and adults, yet we can teach them many things if we adapt our materials and mode of instruction to their level of ability. But we miseducate young children when we assume that their learning abilities are comparable to those of older children and that they can be taught with materials and with the same instructional procedures appropriate to school-age children.”

Source : David Elkind (1987). “Miseducation: preschoolers at risk”, Alfred a Knopf Inc
“Say the word. Say the word and I won't go. Say the word, Qhuinn. Do it and I'll spend the night with you. Better yet, why don't you just kiss me-”
“It's really hard to get a book published, even a good book, but the better the book is the better chance it has of eventually catching someone's attention.”

Source : "The Writing Life: An Interview with Karen Thompson Walker". Hazel & Wren Interview, www.hazelandwren.com. July 24, 2012.
“Top-down authority structures turn employees into bootlickers, breed pointless struggles for political advantage, and discourage dissent.”
“Music is meant to be a beautiful thing.”
“Hong Kong represents the kind of Asia with which both West and East are comfortable, ... ... It offers, in that sense, a vision for the future of Asia.”

Source : "Governor defends Hong Kong democracy in final speech" by Mike Chinoy, www.cnn.com. October 2, 1996.
“A real racehorse should have a head like a lady and the behind like a cook.”
“As comfortable as I was with my adoption, the nature-versus-nurture question has been a big one for me. I adore my parents, but I always wondered if I would feel a different kind of love-not more or less, just different-for someone who was biologically related.”

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