Kingman Brewster, Jr.
Kingman Brewster, Jr.
Kingman Brewster Jr.was an educator, president of Yale University, and American diplomat...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEducator
Date of Birth17 June 1919
CountryUnited States of America
Kingman Brewster, Jr. quotes about
american-educator home spoken travel wholly word written
While the spoken word can travel faster, you can't take it home in your hand. Only the written word can be absorbed wholly at the convenience of the reader.
expectations challenges satisfaction
There is no greater challenge than to have someone relying upon you; no greater satisfaction than to vindicate his expectation.
mean stay-calm generations
Maybe you are the "cool" generation If coolness means a capacity to stay calm and use your head in the service of ends passionately believed in, then it has my admiration.
wrestling men impact
The fullness or emptiness of life will be measured by the extent to which a man feels that he has an impact on the lives of others.
conscious ambiguity refuge
If I take refuge in ambiguity, I assure you that it's quite conscious.
jargon hallmark profession
Incomprehensible jargon is the hallmark of a profession.
sea skills intellectual
Judgment is more than skill. It sets forth on intellectual seas beyond the shores of hard indisputable factual information.
thinking paper ambassadors
The function of a briefing paper is to prevent the ambassador from saying something dreadfully indiscreet. I sometimes think its true object is to prevent the ambassador from saying anything at all.
fit program newspapers
The newspaper fits the reader's program while the listener must fit the broadcaster's program.
goldfish bowls
We all live in a televised goldfish bowl.
home hands convenience
While the spoken word can travel faster, you cant take it home in your hand. Only the written word can be absorbed wholly at the convenience of the reader.
echoes media hands
With all the mass media concentrated in a few hands, the ancient faith in the competition of ideas in the free market seems like a hollow echo of a much simpler day.
credentials refugee elizabeth-ii
It is satisfying for the descendant of a dissident refugee from Elizabeth I to present his credentials to Elizabeth II.
reality safe-haven risk
Universities should be safe havens where ruthless examination of realities will not be distorted by the aim to please or inhibited by the risk of displeasure.