"Indeed, the study of universities and the great……" — Paul Johnson
"Indeed, the study of universities and the great men and women who have attended them leads me to think that the best of these schools are characterized not so much by what they teach and how they teach it but by the extent they provide opportunities and encouragement for students to teach themselves."
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39 Quotes by Paul Johnson
Paul Johnson has 39 quotes on this site.
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As a child I found railroad stations exciting, mysterious, and even beautiful, as indeed they often were.
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Euphemism is a human device to conceal the horrors of reality.
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To many, Heathrow in August is a paradigm of Hell.
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The study of history is a powerful antidote to contemporary arrogance. It is humbling to discover how many of our…
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A deliberate plan is not always necessary for the highest art; it emerges.
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This book is dedicated to the people of America--strong, outspoken, intense in their convictions, sometimes wrong-headed but always generous and…
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Nothing appeals to intellectuals more than the feeling that they represent 'the people'. Nothing, as a rule, is further from…
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I very much wanted to live in Paris when I was in the army, and I was quite determined to.…
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Courage is the essential element in any great public man or woman.
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When people talk about political correctness, the only element of any value is good manners.
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Next to courage, willpower is the most important thing in politics.
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Human beings are infinitely worth studying, especially the peculiarities that often go along with outstanding gifts.
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Goodness is achieved not in a vacuum, but in the company of other men, attended by love.
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Frankly, I'm not sure how far I would get if I attended public school today. It's not just that public…
— Eli Broad
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In wartime, truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies.
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I had a terrible education. I attended a school for emotionally disturbed teachers.
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When I was a kid, I attended a small Catholic school in a south suburb of Chicago.
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Peace, which costs nothing, is attended with infinitely more advantage than any victory with all its expence.
— Thomas Paine
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The number of humble-bees in any district depends in a great degree on the number of field-mice, which destroy their…
— Charles Darwin
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Nothing more unqualified the man to act with prudence than a misfortune that is attended with shame and guilt.
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Two people have been living in you all your life. One is the ego, garrulous, demanding, hysterical, calculating - the…
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The diminution of public virtue is usually attended with that of public happiness, and the public liberty will not long…
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During my second year at Edinburgh [1826-27] I attended Jameson's lectures on Geology and Zoology, but they were incredible dull.…
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I have spent much time in the study of the abstract sciences; but the paucity of persons with whom you…
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