Scholarly – Quotes

When a woman has

When a woman has scholarly inclinations there is usually something wrong with her sexuality. Friedrich Nietzsche

The aim of the

The aim of the scholarly editor is not to produce the the easiest text for the reader, but to get as near as he can to the text of the author. Frederic G. Kenyon

Environmental history was . . . born out of a moral purpose, with strong political commitments behind it, but also became, as it matured, a scholarly enterprise that had neither any simple, nor any single, moral or political agenda to promote. Its principal goal became one of deepening our understanding of how humans have been … Read more

The brain process that

The brain process that results in a joke materializing where no joke was before remains a mystery. I’m not aware of any scholarly, scientific or neurological studies on the subject. Dick Cavett

Making my work more

Making my work more visual is something I am increasingly excited about. I am hopeful that it will broaden access to some of the ideas being engaged in activist and scholarly communities of which I am part. Dean Spade

I am interested in

I am interested in recent scholarly work examining the emergence of women’s studies and ethnic studies departments and the development of the neoliberal university. Dean Spade

Wright and Cowen, who

Wright and Cowen, who have separately written important scholarly works on the financial history of the early republic, here repackage their research for readers of popular history, and do so impressively. David Liss

So I applied to

So I applied to medical school and received a scholarship at Washington University in St. Louis. Washington University turned out to be a lucky choice. The faculty was scholarly and dedicated and accessible to students. Daniel Nathans

There is a difference

There is a difference between criticizing people and criticizing a people’s uninformed ideals. That is, unless one defines himself or others by their ideals, then he is offended, and usually offended secretly. Because oddly enough, this person is the same person quickest to resort to dismissive name-calling, such as ‘bigot’ or ‘zealot’. And oddly enough, … Read more

All through the short

All through the short afternoon they kept coming, the people who counted themselves Father’s friends. Young and old, poor and rich, scholarly gentlemen and illiterate servant girls—only to Father did it seem that they were all alike. That was Father’s secret: not that he overlooked the differences in people; that he didn’t know they were … Read more