"No academic ever expects to be taken seriously……" — Howard Gardner

"No academic ever expects to be taken seriously by more than three other people, because really, we write for three people in our field."

— Howard Gardner

49 Quotes by Howard Gardner

Howard Gardner has 49 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

To ask "Where in your brain is intelligence?" is like asking "Where is the voice in the radio?"
Creativity begins with an affinity for something. It's like falling in love.
Now intelligence seemed quantifiable. You could measure someone's actual or potential height, and now, it seemed, you could also measure…
Teachers must be encouraged - I almost said 'freed', to pursue an education that strives for depth of understanding.
If Confucius can serve as the Patron Saint of Chinese education, let me propose Socrates as his equivalent in a…
What we want... is for students to get more interested in things, more involved in them, more engaged in wanting…
You learn at your best when you have something you care about and can get pleasure in being engaged in.
We've got to do fewer things in school. The greatest enemy of understanding is coverage... You've got to take enough…
If I know you're very good in music, I can predict with just about zero accuracy whether you're going to…
Part of the maturity of the sciences is an appreciation of which questions are best left to other disciplinary approaches.
Knowledge is not the same as morality, but we need to understand if we are to avoid past mistakes and…
It's not how smart you are that matters, what really counts is how you are smart.

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Doctoral training is devoted almost entirely to learning to do research, even though most Ph.Ds who enter academic life spend… — Derek Bok
A lot of things look good on an academic's blackboard in terms of the actions that need to be taken.… — John O. Brennan
Academic and aristocratic people live in such an uncommon atmosphere that common sense can rarely reach them. — Samuel Butler
I am not an academic who happens to have written a novel. I am a novelist who happens to be… — A. S. Byatt
I did a lot of my writing as though I was an academic, doing some piece of research as perfectly… — A. S. Byatt
In the academic world, most of the work that is done is clerical. A lot of the work done by… — Noam Chomsky
The acceptance of the facts of African-American history and the African-American historian as a legitimate part of the academic community… — John Henrik Clarke
I hope telling stories though 'Making a Difference' - as in my academic work and nonprofit work - will help… — Chelsea Clinton
All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price. — Juvenal
With the states release today of a set of clear and consistent academic standards, our nation is one step closer… — Bill Gates
Human intelligence is richer and more dynamic than we have been led to believe by formal academic education. — Ken Robinson
School feeding not only fills stomachs, but has a proven track record of boosting enrollment, attendance and academic performance. For… — Drew Barrymore

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