Stanley Fish Quotes

In general, higher education does not know how to speak for its interests. It offers a stance that is defensive, cowardly and likely to be ineffective.

Stanley Fish

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: April 19, 1938

Topics

EducationSpeakHigher EducationKnow

I like L.A., but it's just too many people in the same business everywhere you go. You lose perspective.

Joel Kinnaman

BusinessPerspectivePeopleYouLose

Popularity gets up people's noses. But I understand the importance and the function of popular music. There is an artistic purpose. Popular music helps people to develop a curiosity and leads them towards classical music.

Andrea Bocelli

MusicPurposePeopleCuriosityUp

It was pretty evident, I think, the direction the country was going, and that's why I think Donald Trump offered such a clear alternative to that from Hillary Clinton.

Steve Bannon

DirectionThinkCountryDonald Trump

There are some things that other people just don't want to forgive you for. For instance, Woody Allen and Soon-Yi.

Steven Gaines

PeopleYouWantThingsForgiveJust

I love camping, everything about it - tents, the camping stove, sleeping bags. I'm obsessed with technology, be it synthesizers and speakers or tents and Gore-Tex.

Shura

LoveTechnologySleepingEverything

There is money to be made giving trick-shot shows at schools, clubs, tournaments, and even shopping centers. Pool shows on television almost always include a few fancy shots.

Robert Byrne

MoneyShoppingGivingTelevision

Small things make me happy, and I laugh out loud on the silliest of jokes!

Divyanka Tripathi

Small ThingsHappyMeSmallLaugh

Windows never planned for a VR device. When you plug a HDMI cable into the computer, Windows thinks it's a new monitor. The desktop blinks. It tries to rearrange windows and icons.

Brendan Iribe

YouWindowsNewNeverPlannedVR

The false pride of perennial celebration, of wearing flag lapel pins while betraying the values that the flag stands for, is like the self-esteem curriculum for toddlers, where everything is praised and no achievement ultimately has meaning.

Anne-Marie Slaughter

AchievementPrideMeaningValues

I went from the projects to a real house. It was a big difference.

Allen Iverson

HouseRealDifferenceBigProjects

My wife made me a book of photographs she took of our road trip across the United States. Makes for a good coffee table book.

Paul Wesley

GoodCoffeeWifeMeBookRoad

I sat through Ladies and Gentlemen, the Rolling Stones like three times at the Skyway when it came out.

Paul Westerberg

ThreeOutThroughRollingStones

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