Richard Hofstadter Quotes

The delicate thing about the university is that it has a mixed character, that it is suspended between its position in the eternal world, with all its corruption and evils and cruelties, and the splendid world of our imagination.

Richard Hofstadter

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: historian
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: August 6, 1916 - October 24, 1970

Topics

CharacterImaginationWorldPosition

The strong should always permit the weak and aggrieved to talk, to bluster, and scold without taking offence; and if we had so acted, and exercised proper skill in the management of our affairs, Mexico and ourselves would, by this time, have quietly and peaceably settled all difficulties and been good friends.

John C. Calhoun

GoodTimeManagementStrongFriends

My grandmother, Nina Eaton, founded United Cerebral Palsy. At the time that my father was born with it, there were no resources for people with the condition. So my grandmother and grandfather, who lived in Brooklyn, tried to reach out for some type of resource or support, and people just told them to institutionalize my father.

Meredith Eaton

FatherTimeSupportPeopleReach

We always find a way to learn and to get better.

Travis Kalanick

BetterLearnFindWayAlwaysGet

I used to watch the old 'Flash Gordon' series on TV, and it was thrilling to rocket to the planet Mongo every week. But after a while, I figured out that although Flash got the girl and all the accolades, it was really Dr. Zarkov who made the series work. Without Dr. Zarkov, there could be no Flash Gordon.

Michio Kaku

WorkGirlWeekOldOutRocket

We all fly. Once you leave the ground, you fly. Some people fly longer than others.

Michael Jordan

PeopleFlyYouOthersSome People

Universities exist to transmit knowledge and understanding of ideas and values to students not to provide entertainment for spectators or employment for athletes.

Milton Friedman

KnowledgeIdeasUnderstandingValues

Music is the best way that I can communicate with other people.

Juice Wrld

MusicBestPeopleI CanWayOther

My mother taught us that ambition is part of femininity and really taught us to have substance but also style.

Denise Morrison

MotherStyleAmbitionFemininityUs

I was once dressed as a mermaid for a Jean Paul Gaultier show. My legs were bound into a fish tail, so I had to come down the runway on crutches. Halfway down, I was supposed to unzip the fish tail to reveal my legs, but the zipper broke, so I ended up stabbing my fake nail through the fabric of the zipper and ripping my way out.

Coco Rocha

FakeFishDownDressedLegsWay

My mom came from such humble beginnings and especially my dad as well. He didn't go to university.

Petra Stunt

HumbleMomGoUniversityBeginnings

I had become so insulated in my world as a mother that I didn't know how to pick up the phone and call anybody to put myself out there. I don't live my life anymore that way.

Peggy Lipton

LifeMotherLiveMyselfWorldPhone

Rise above sectional interests and private ambitions... Pass from matter to spirit. Matter is diversity; spirit is light, life and unity.

Muhammad Iqbal

LifeLightDiversityUnityRise

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