Famous Quotes & Sayings

Thomas Jefferson

this interesting subject, which, if the condition of man is to be progressively ameliorated, as we fondly hope and believe, is to be the chief instrument in effecting it.

Thomas Jefferson

for the present we may groupe the sciences into Professorships as follows, subject however to be changed according to the qualifications of the persons we may be able to engage.

Thomas Jefferson

I endeavor to keep their attention fixed on the main objects of all science, the freedom & happiness of man.

Thomas Jefferson

the boys of the rising generation are to be the men of the next, and the sole guardians of the principles we deliver over to them.

Thomas Jefferson

in the spring he will attend your botanical course. his natural turn is very strongly to the objects of your two courses of lectures, and I hope you will have reason to be contended with his capacity & character.

Thomas Jefferson

the field of knolege is the common property of all mankind

Thomas Jefferson

the study of the law is useful in a variety of points of view. it qualifies a man to be useful to himself, to his neighbors, & to the public.

Thomas Jefferson

music, drawing, books, invention & exercise will be so many resources to you against ennui.

Thomas Jefferson

ours are the only farmers who can read Homer

Thomas Jefferson

besides the comfort of knowlege, every science is auxiliary to every other.

Thomas Jefferson

preach, my dear Sir, a crusade against ignorance; establish & improve the law for educating the common people.

Thomas Jefferson

I think by far the most important bill in our whole code is that for the diffusion of knowlege among the people. no other sure foundation can be devised for the preservation of freedom, and happiness.

Thomas Jefferson

what are the objects of an useful American education? classical knowlege, modern languages & chiefly French, Spanish, & Italian; Mathematics; Natural philosophy; Natural History; Civil History; Ethics.

Thomas Jefferson

life is of no value but as it brings gratifications. among the most valuable of these is rational society. it informs the mind, sweetens the temper, chears our spirits, and promotes health.

Thomas Jefferson

with respect to the distribution of your time the following is what I should approve. from 8. to 10 o'clock practise music. from 10. to 1. dance one day & draw another. from 1. to 2. draw on the day you dance, and write a letter next day. from 3. to 4. read French. from 4. to 5. exercise...

Thomas Jefferson

Books may be classed from the Faculties of the mind

Thomas Jefferson

Well, Page, I do wish the Devil had old Cooke, for I am sure I never was so tired of an old dull scoundrel in my life ... But the old-fellows say we must read to gain knowledge; and gain knowledge to make us happy and be admired. Mere jargon! Is there any such thing as happiness in this world? No...

Tom Osborne

As a college coach, I felt you could make a difference in a player's life. There was an educational aspect I thought was important.

But you take a four-year state college, with a broader range of admission, and what happens during those four years may be an even greater value-added educational experience. I don't know.

One of the things that we're all struggling with is how to judge the quality of the value-added experience of an educational course or year. I don't think it's impossible to do that, but it's difficult.

Tom Peters

Develop a respect and reverence for the principle of variation: the idea that the message ain't in the mean, the mode or the median - it's in the differences that occur throughout a population.

Tom Peters

Formula for success: under promise and over deliver.

Tom Peters

It's relatively simple. If we're not getting more, better, faster than they are getting more, better, faster, then we're getting less, no better or more worse.

Tom Robbins

If little else, the brain is an educational toy. Why it may be a frustrating play thing - one whose finer points recede just when you think you are mastering them - it is nonetheless perpetually fascinating, frequently surprising, occasionally rewarding, and it comes already assembled. [...] Alas! the brain is a toy that plays games of its own. Its very most favorite game is the one-thing-leads-to-another game.

Tom Robbins

There are two lost continents.... We are one: the lovers.

Tom Robbins

'Neotenty' is 'remaining young,' and it may be ironic that it is so little known, because human evolution has been dominated by it.

Tom Robbins

If little else, the brain is an educational toy.

Tom Robbins

Life is like a stew, you have to stir it frequently, or all the scum rises to the top.

Tom Robbins

Nobody quite knew what to make of the moon any more.

Tony Hsieh

Zappos uses call center technology to track average call time per agent. But the goal isn't to reduce this average - it's more important that we make an emotional connection with the customer, rather than just quickly getting them off the phone.

Tony Buzan

Learning how to learn is life's most important skill.

Steve Berry

A concerted effort to preserve our heritage is a vital link to our cultural, educational, aesthetic, inspirational and economic legacies - all of the things that quite literally make us who we are.

Shirley Temple

The U.N. acts as the world's conscience, and over eighty-five percent of the work that is done by the United Nations is in the social, economic, educational and cultural fields.