|
Famous Quotes Home >> Authors Starting with K >> Quotes By Kingman Brewster, Jr. |
| Quote #1: | "There is no greater challenge than to have someone relying upon you no greater satisfaction than to vindicate his expectation." |
| Quote #2: | "Judgment is more than skill. It sets forth on intellectual seas beyond the shores of hard indisputable factual information." |
| Quote #3: | "If I take refuge in ambiguity, I assure you that it's quite conscious." |
| Quote #4: | "Maybe you are the cool generation ... If coolness means a capacity to stay calm and use your head in the service of ends passionately believed in, then it has my admiration." |
| Quote #5: | "It is satisfying for the descendant of a dissident refugee from Elizabeth I to present his credentials to Elizabeth II." |
| Quote #6: | "We all live in a televised goldfish bowl." |
| Quote #7: | "I'm very curious to know what the hell they're saying on the phone, but I'd be more worried if they weren't talking." |
| Quote #8: | "Universities should be safe havens where ruthless examination of realities will not be distorted by the aim to please or inhibited by the risk of displeasure." |
| Quote #9: | "The function of a briefing paper is to prevent the ambassador from saying something dreadfully indiscreet. I sometimes think its true object is to prevent the ambassador from saying anything at all." |
|