Famous quotes containing the words dillard, university and/or board:
“It is ironic that the one thing that all religions recognize as separating us from our creatorour very self-consciousnessis also the one thing that divides us from our fellow creatures. It was a bitter birthday present from evolution.”
—Annie Dillard (b. 1945)
“The most important function of the university in an age of reason is to protect reason from itself.”
—Allan Bloom (19301992)
“On board ship there are many sources of joy of which the land knows nothing. You may flirt and dance at sixty; and if you are awkward in the turn of a valse, you may put it down to the motion of the ship. You need wear no gloves, and may drink your soda-and-brandy without being ashamed of it.”
—Anthony Trollope (18151882)
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