"The examination system, and the fact that instruction……" — Bertrand Russell
"The examination system, and the fact that instruction is treated mainly as a training for a livelihood, leads the young to regard knowledge from a purely utilitarian point of view as the road to money, not as the gateway to wisdom."
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824 Quotes by Bertrand Russell
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That the world is in a bad shape is undeniable, but there is not the faintest reason in history to…
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I do not pretend to be able to prove that there is no God. I equally cannot prove that Satan…
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If I were a medical man, I should prescribe a holiday to any patient who considered his work important.
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But if thought is to become the possession of many, not the privilege of the few, we must have done…
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This has been my life. I have found it worth living, and would gladly live it again if the second…
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One must expect a war between U.S.A. and U.S.S.R. which will begin with the total destruction of London. I think…
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Power is sweet; it is a drug, the desire for which increases with a habit.
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The desire to understand the world and the desire to reform it are the two great engines of progress, without…
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Life is just one cup of coffee after another, and don't look for anything else.
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Almost all education has a political motive: it aims at strengthening some group, national or religious or even social, in…
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Drunkeness is temporary suicide: the happiness that it brings is merely negative, a momentary cessation of unhappiness.
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Either man will abolish war, or war will abolish man.
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More Examination Quotes
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I was once a graduate student in Victorian literature, and I believe as the Victorian novelists did, that a novel…
— Margaret Atwood
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As president, I will fight illegal immigration in order to preserve an appropriate level of legal immigration. At the same…
— Bob Dole
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In religion and politics, people's belief's and convictions are in almost every case gotten at second hand, and without examination
— Mark Twain
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Any honest examination of the national life proves how far we are from the standard of human freedom with which…
— James A. Baldwin
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It's too easy only to blame the militarists, racists, sexists and other pushers of violence for the mess we're in.…
— Colman McCarthy
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And finally I begin to have such a success in my examinations that I found myself in a career you…
— Unknown Author
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Be patient and sympathetic with the type of mind that cuts a poor figure in examinations. It may, in the…
— William James
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Whatever your (unfavorable) situation is, it is a good idea to ask yourself "WHAT YOU WOULD DO if you were…
— Seth Roberts
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I recently had my annual physical examination, which I get once every seven years, and when the nurse weighed me,…
— Dave Barry
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I think that most small amounts of marijuana have been decriminalized in some places, and should be. We really need…
— William J. Clinton
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There needs to be a thorough examination, by Muslims everywhere, of why it is that the faith they love breeds…
— Salman Rushdie
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Creativity requires introspection, self-examination, and a willingness to take risks. Because of this, artists are perhaps more susceptible to self-doubt…
— Eric Maisel
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