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Than Quotes by Derek Bok
- Doctoral training is devoted almost entirely to learning to do research, even though most Ph.Ds who enter academic life spend far more time teaching than…
- Fewer than half of all university professors publish as much as one article per year.
- Colleges and universities, for all the benefits they bring, accomplish far less for their students than they should. Many students graduate without being able to…
- Apart from finding a first job, college graduates seem to adapt more easily than those with only a high school degree as the economy evolves…
- The college that takes students with modest entering abilities and improves their abilities substantially contributes more than the school that takes very bright students and…
More Than Quotes
- I'm hoping someday that some kid, black or white, will hit more home runs than myself. Whoever it is, I'd be pulling… — Hank Aaron
- Economic growth may one day turn out to be a curse rather than a good, and under no conditions can it either… — Hannah Arendt
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- No punishment has ever possessed enough power of deterrence to prevent the commission of crimes. On the contrary, whatever the punishment, once… — Hannah Arendt
- I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore… — Pietro Aretino
- As a kid, 'Star Wars' was much more my thing than 'Star Trek' was. — J. J. Abrams
- Most people would rather give than get affection. — Aristotle
- Men are swayed more by fear than by reverence. — Aristotle