Pedant/connotation

Famous quotes containing the words pedant and/or connotation:

    Have you ever seen a pedant with a warm heart?
    Johann Kaspar Lavater (1741–1801)

    When “reality” is sought for at large, it is without intellectual import; at most the term carries the connotation of an agreeable emotional state.
    John Dewey (1859–1952)