Quotes
Authors
Edward Thorndike
"On the whole, the psychological work of the last quarter of the nineteenth century emphasized the study of consciousness to the neglect of the total life of intellect and character" --
Source : Edward Thorndike (2017). “Animal Intelligence: Experimental Studies”, p.25, Routledge
Edward Thorndike
#Character Quotes
#Lasts Quotes
#Study Quotes
“One time when somebody showed up in a wedding dress, but I never knew if it was a joke, or she was serious. She asked me to marry her. She was serious. It was pretty funny.”
“Never laugh at live dragons.”
“I'm not a populist. But I try to present complicated issues in such a way that people know where I stand.”
“The American lives even more for his goals, for the future, than the European. Life for him is always becoming, never being.”
“Life's too short to be sat at home writing all the time.”
Source : Helen Hodgman (1990). “Blue Skies ; &, Jack and Jill”, Penguin Group USA
“Growing up, I had a very normal relationship with my brother and sister. But, over time, they became my best friends, and now I hang out with them all the time. I'm very close with them.”
“The sweetest path of life leads through the avenues of learning, and whoever can open up the way for another, ought, so far, to be esteemed a benefactor to mankind.”
“I never even graduated college. I never finished learning, as it were, and I have a psychological need to be in a learning environment at all times.”
