Derek Bok Quotes

For some students, especially in the sciences, the knowledge gained in college may be directly relevant to graduate study. For almost all students, a liberal arts education works in subtle ways to create a web of knowledge that will illumine problems and enlighten judgment on innumerable occasions in later life.

Derek Bok

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: lawyer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: March 22, 1930

Topics

LifeEducationKnowledgeCollege

As an actor, I'm attracted to drama; as a director, it's humor - because it's the story of my life, and I can't be that serious about it. Being alone is a big theme in all my movies, both as a director and as an actress.

Jodie Foster

LifeAloneHumorBeing AloneStory

Work has never really been work for me. It's been a natural extension of my life.

Angela Ahrendts

LifeWorkMeMy LifeNeverNatural

It seems the world of book publishing is constantly changing. Whether it was the rise of chain stores or their decline, or the digital revolution... fortunately, we have been able not only to adapt but to thrive.

Sonny Mehta

WorldBookRevolutionThriveRise

Furthermore, neither of our research groups set out in search of RNA catalysis.

Sidney Altman

ResearchSearchOutSetOurNeither

If you ask most trainers who have ridden which pressure is greater - watching your horse or riding it - they will tell you it is harder watching it because you have no control over what happens.

Tony McCoy

ControlPressureHorseYouWillAsk

I've been doing stand-up since '89.

Judah Friedlander

DoingBeenSinceStand-Up

It was good to learn so early. They're not going to be kind to you. You have to do it and get on, and then gulp down and get better.

Judi Dench

GoodBe KindBetterLearnYouEarly

My idea of baking is buying a ready-make cake mix and throwing in an egg.

Cilla Black

CakeBakingEggBuyingIdeaMix

Think of ISIS as a pathogen that preys on weak hosts in the Muslim world. In fact, there is something of a political law: The weaker a Muslim state, the stronger will be the presence of ISIS or like-minded groups.

Peter Bergen

LawWorldThinkPoliticalStronger

I love a confident guy with smooth skin... such a turn-on!

Nina Agdal

LoveConfidentSkinGuySmooth

I'd like to know how to play the guitar.

Mario Vazquez

GuitarPlayKnowLikeHow

I'm proud of all the movies I've made. They're not sequels, they're not franchises. And the reason I pick my films carefully is that I don't want to spit on my life. I like to think of myself as more than that.

Kevin Costner

LifeMyselfProudThinkMy Life

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