Studying Global Studies

Famous quotes containing the words studying, global and/or studies:

    “We didn’t come to dig in Egypt for medals. Much more is learned from studying bits of broken pottery than from all the sensational finds. Our job is to increase the sum of human knowledge of the past, not to satisfy our own curiosity.”
    —John L. Balderston (1899–1954)

    “Ours is a brand—new world of allatonceness. “Time” has ceased, “space” has vanished. We now live in a global village ... a simultaneous happening.”
    —Marshall McLuhan (1911–1980)

    “These studies which stimulate the young, divert the old, are an ornament in prosperity and a refuge and comfort in adversity; they delight us at home, are no impediment in public life, keep us company at night, in our travels, and whenever we retire to the country.”
    —Marcus Tullius Cicero (106–43 B.C.)