Silence is a trick when it imposes. Pedants and scholars, churchmen and physicians, abound in silent pride. — Johann Georg Ritter von Zimmermann Copy Share Image
These are the hands whose sturdy labor brings The peasant's food, the golden pomp of kings; This is the page whose letters… — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr Copy Share Image
It is surely a matter of common observation that a man who knows no one thing intimately has no views worth hearing… — Charles Horton Cooley Copy Share Image
His contempt for humanity grew fiercer, and at last he came to realize that the world is made up mostly of fools… — Joris-Karl Huysmans Copy Share Image
One thing Tolkien does incredibly well - and this is from a lay person's point of view; I am not scholar or… — Luke Evans Copy Share Image
Here and there in the ancient literature we encounter legends of wise and mysterious games that were conceived and played by scholars,… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
A preacher should have the mind of a scholar, the heart of a child, and the hide of a rhinoceros. His problem… — Vance Havner Copy Share Image
There was danger at times that women might not be judged by the highest standards, but more leniently because of their sex.… — Virginia Gildersleeve Copy Share Image
A game master or teacher who was primarily concerned with being close enough to the "innermost meaning" would be a very bad… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
A scholar's heart is a dark well in which are buried many aborted feelings that rise to the surface as arguments. — Natalie Clifford Barney Copy Share Image
The death of a thousand worshipers is easier to bear than the death of a scholar who has knowledge of what Allah… — Umar Copy Share Image
Accurate reading on a wide range of subjects makes the scholar; careful selection of the better makes the saint. — John of Salisbury Copy Share Image
Once scientists and scholars invest parts of their career in support of a paradigm, it becomes a sort of a self-betrayal to… — Subhash Kak Copy Share Image
It smells terrible in here.' Well, what do you expect? The human body, when confined, produces certain odors which we tend to… — John Kennedy Toole Copy Share Image
An illuminating read for every classical scholar engaged with the current quest for the subject's roots, and the excavation of the way… — Edith Hall Copy Share Image
The professors at Harvard are smarter and more world-renowned, and so your child will learn from a pre-eminent scholar who is a… — Andrew Yang Copy Share Image
I focus on faculty, as opposed to facilities, budgets, endowments or students. I do so because I believe, based on many decades… — Henry Rosovsky Copy Share Image
I think that a movie can only be an adjunct or only a supplement to books, to different points of view, to… — Steven Spielberg Copy Share Image
I know of no scholar more dedicated to bringing a thorough and accurate portrayal of America's involvement in Vietnam than Mark Moyar.… — Jim Webb Copy Share Image
“Allah, Most High, has truly blessed us. He has created just for us the mysterious spirit that He has breathed into us… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The timing & characteristics of state intervention affect not only organizational tactics and strategies, but the content and definition of interest itself...… — Theda Skocpol Copy Share Image
Get power but don't admit to it. Do it by stealth. There's a whole trend of Rhodes scholars who will be politicians… — Mel Gibson Copy Share Image
Curiously, the most serious religious people, or the most concerned scholars, those who constantly read the Bible as a matter of professional… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
Just as the education of nerve and sinew is vital to the excellent athlete and education of the mind is vital to… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
