Books Quote by Edgar Allan Poe

But evil things, in robes of sorrow, Assailed the monarch's high estate; (Ah, let us mourn, for never morrow Shall dawn upon him desolate!)…

— Edgar Allan Poe

I left the White House in 2007. You know, I knew when I went there that it would be for a limited period of…

— Karl Rove

A significant number of people believe tribal people still live and dress as they did 300 years ago. During my tenure as principal chief…

— Wilma Mankiller

I do detest all offices - all, at least, that are held on a political tenure.

— Nathaniel Hawthorne

Too often what are called "educated" people are simply people who have been sheltered from reality for years in ivy-covered buildings. Those whose whole…

— Thomas Sowell

Historically, professors have defended tenure as a way to protect their individualistic thought. But tenure can also be used as a club to wield…

— Ben Shapiro

Let the Common School be expanded to its capabilities, let it be worked with the efficiency of which it is susceptible, and nine tenths…

— Horace Mann

I was hired for a really excellent academic job early in my life; I was twenty-five when I started at Princeton and I got…

— Paul Lansky

Only the strongest are put through the fire,' Josiah said. 'And the forge creates things of great strength and beauty.' 'Then I shall be…

— Sharon Shinn

Many conservatives see higher education as a threat to their reactionary and corporate oriented interests and would like to defund higher education, privatize it,…

— Henry Giroux

I never graduated high school; they had to change the Ivy League rules. During my tenure at Brown, I helped them become the number…

— Robert Evans

But I will say, I think there are some Democrats that don't want to address pension reform. I have taken on the issue of…

— Antonio Villaraigosa