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Derek Bok Quotes

American - Lawyer | March 22, 1930 -

The oldest of the arts and the youngest of the professions.

Arts Youngest Oldest Professions

I suspect that no community will become humane and caring by restricting what its members can say.

Community Caring Say Will Become

I don't think the alternative to Yale is jail by any means. On the other hand, there is a mass of research that does show that there are real advantages to your subsequent career in going to selective institutions.

Research Think Career Jail Hand

I think the minority students that we admit to Harvard are every bit as meritorious as the white students that we admit.

Think White Admit Minority Harvard

I think any self-respecting educational institution ought to judge its policies by its best estimate of what their long-term consequences for their students and for the society will be.

Best Society Think Judge Will

The first country to adopt happiness as an official goal of public policy is the tiny little country of Bhutan in Asia near China and India.

Happiness Goal Country India First

Greater inequality in Europe has made people less happy.

Happy People Inequality Europe Made

I think one thing that does cause unhappiness is protracted anxiety and worry.

Think Anxiety Worry One Thing Cause

Education, and I regret to say this as an educator, but there's no indication that education has a direct effect on happiness.

Education Happiness Regret Say

Once you start worrying about a national football championship, then you begin to worry about getting the quality of athlete, and the numbers needed, to win a national championship. And that worry leads to pressure to compromise academic standards to admit those athletes.

Quality Football Win Start Pressure

Good teaching is creating really interesting generalizations out of war stories.

Good War Interesting Creating Out

Most high governmental officials who speak of education policy seem to conceive of education in this light - as a way to ensure economic competitiveness and continued economic growth. I strongly disagree with this approach.

Education Growth Light Speak Way

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