Neil Postman Quotes

If students get a sound education in the history, social effects and psychological biases of technology, they may grow to be adults who use technology rather than be used by it.

Neil Postman

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: March 8, 1931 - October 5, 2003

Topics

EducationTechnologyHistoryGrow

Patience is the best medicine.

John Florio

PatienceBestMedicine

I've built my career on unpaid interns, and the interns told me it was great - I learned more from you than I did in college.

John Stossel

GreatCollegeMeYouCareerMore

White shall not neutralize the black, nor good compensate bad in man, absolve him so: life's business being just the terrible choice.

Robert Browning

LifeGoodBusinessManBlackChoice

It is never too early to encourage long-term savings.

Ron Lewis

EarlyNeverSavingsLong-TermToo

I can remember the night I became a Christian. And man, this weight came off of me and all that kind of stuff. What I didn't realize was, that was just the beginning - of a huge journey.

Mike Yaconelli

JourneyBeginningManMeNightKind

Greenies have been part of the clubhouse culture longer than card games.

Michael Wilbon

CultureGamesBeenThanPartLonger

I never wanted to marry Roger Clemens. I wanted him to do right by his family.

Mindy McCready

FamilyNeverRightHimMarryWanted

I remember the first time I saw the 'Sugarhill Gang' on Soul Train. I was 11 or 12. I was like, 'What's going on? How did those guys get on national TV?' And then, when I was a little older, a rapper from the neighborhood got a record deal. I was shocked.

Jay-Z

TimeSoulRememberTrainFirst Time

You can't do television shows caring whether or not the network picks you up. You can only do them enjoying the work, because if you're always on pins and needles about whether you'll be picked up, you'll lose your mind. I learned that the hard way.

Jon Cryer

WorkCaringMindYouLoseWay

I knew Dave Raymond, who was the original Phillie Phanatic.

Christopher Guest

OriginalWhoKnewRaymondDave

Your most dangerous competitors are those that are most like you.

Bruce Henderson

YouDangerousCompetitorsLikeYour

A bad liver is to a Frenchman what a nervous breakdown is to an American. Everyone has had one and everyone wants to talk about it.

Art Buchwald

AmericanBadNervousTalkLiver

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