Famous quotes containing the words williams, academic, ideas, human, intelligence and/or security:
“the black wings
of the
hospital where
nothing
will grow”
—William Carlos Williams (1883–1963)
“An academic dialect is perfected when its terms are hard to understand and refer only to one another.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
“The difference between people and ideas is ... only superficial.”
—Richard Rorty (b. 1931)
“That only needs a finger touch from God
To spring it like a deadfall and the fault
In nature would wipe out all human fault.”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)
“Napoleon has not been conquered by men. He was greater than any of us. God punished him because he relied solely on his own intelligence until that incredible instrument was so strained that it broke.”
—Jean Baptiste Bernadotte (1763–1844)
“The most disgusting cad in the world is the man who, on grounds of decorum and morality, avoids the game of love. He is one who puts his own ease and security above the most laudable of philanthropies.”
—H.L. (Henry Lewis)