--- title: "3 Douglas Yates Quotes - Famous University teacher" description: "Douglas A. Yates is an American political scientist residing in Paris. He specializes in African politics and the politics of the oil industry in Africa..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b063/author-douglas-yates-79262.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Douglas Yates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b063/author-douglas-yates-79262.jpg) # Douglas Yates (1943) University Teacher **3** quotes in **22** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Douglas Yates is an university teacher, best known for *The Sixty-Fourth Parallel Alaska Ice Postcard Collection*. ## Quick Facts About Douglas Yates Born November 30, 1943 Profession University Teacher Notable works The Sixty-Fourth Parallel Alaska Ice Postcard Collection ## About Douglas Yates Douglas A. Yates is an American political scientist residing in Paris. He specializes in African politics and the politics of the oil industry in Africa and is known for his development of rentier state theory. He has authored or co-authored several books on the subject. ## Quotes by Douglas Yates > [People who are sensible about love are incapable of it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-yates/people-who-are-sensible-about-love-are-incapable-of-it/) [Douglas Yates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-yates/) [Incapable](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/incapable/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad6/douglas-yates-79262_incapable_people-who-are-sensible-about-love-are-i_45921.png) > [No scientific theory achieves public acceptance until it has been thoroughly discredited.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-yates/no-scientific-theory-achieves-public-acceptance-until-it-has-been/) [Douglas Yates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-yates/) [Acceptance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/acceptance/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4fa/douglas-yates-79262_acceptance_no-scientific-theory-achieves-public-acc_1044640.png) > [They say that we are better educated than our parents' generation. What they mean is that we go to school longer. They…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-yates/they-say-that-we-are-better-educated-than-our-parents-generation-what/) [Douglas Yates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-yates/) [Educate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/educate/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f08/douglas-yates-79262_educate_they-say-that-we-are-better-educated-tha_1073757.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-yates/#itemlist", "name": "Douglas Yates Quotes", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "People who are sensible about love are incapable of it.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Douglas Yates" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-yates/people-who-are-sensible-about-love-are-incapable-of-it/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad6/douglas-yates-79262_incapable_people-who-are-sensible-about-love-are-i_45921.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad6/douglas-yates-79262_incapable_people-who-are-sensible-about-love-are-i_45921.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad6/douglas-yates-79262_incapable_people-who-are-sensible-about-love-are-i_45921.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“People who are sensible about love are incapable of it.” — Douglas Yates", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "No scientific theory achieves public acceptance until it has been thoroughly discredited.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Douglas Yates" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-yates/no-scientific-theory-achieves-public-acceptance-until-it-has-been/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4fa/douglas-yates-79262_acceptance_no-scientific-theory-achieves-public-acc_1044640.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4fa/douglas-yates-79262_acceptance_no-scientific-theory-achieves-public-acc_1044640.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4fa/douglas-yates-79262_acceptance_no-scientific-theory-achieves-public-acc_1044640.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“No scientific theory achieves public acceptance until it has been thoroughly discredited.” — Douglas Yates", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "They say that we are better educated than our parents' generation. 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