Kingman Brewster, Jr. quotes
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“There is no lasting hope in violence, only temporary relief from hopelessness.”
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“There is no greater challenge than to have someone relying upon you; no greater satisfaction than to vindicate his expectation.”
-- Kingman Brewster, Jr.#Expectations Quotes #Challenges Quotes #Satisfaction Quotes
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“It is satisfying for the descendant of a dissident refugee from Elizabeth I to present his credentials to Elizabeth II.”
-- Kingman Brewster, Jr.Source : The Observer, July 03, 1977.
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“With all the mass media concentrated in a few hands, the ancient faith in the competition of ideas in the free market seems like a hollow echo of a much simpler day.”
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“You and I know that there is a correlation between the creative and the screwball. So we must suffer the screwball gladly.”
-- Kingman Brewster, Jr.Source : "The Enduring American Press". Book edited by The Hartford Courant, 1964.
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“While the spoken word can travel faster, you cant take it home in your hand. Only the written word can be absorbed wholly at the convenience of the reader.”
-- Kingman Brewster, Jr.Source : "The enduring American press: texts of talks given by a panel of distinguished journalists and scholars at a symposium marking the 200th anniversary of the Hartford Courant, Hartford, Connecticut". Book by The Hartford Courant, 1964.
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“We all live in a televised goldfish bowl.”
-- Kingman Brewster, Jr.Source : Lecture in St George's Chapel, Windsor, England, May 5, 1978.
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“The newspaper fits the reader's program while the listener must fit the broadcaster's program.”
-- Kingman Brewster, Jr.Source : "The enduring American press: texts of talks given by a panel of distinguished journalists and scholars at a symposium marking the 200th anniversary of the Hartford Courant, Hartford, Connecticut". Book by The Hartford Courant, 1964.
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“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.”
-- Kingman Brewster, Jr.Source : Address in Edinburgh, Scotland, September 8, 1977.
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“Judgment is more than skill. It sets forth on intellectual seas beyond the shores of hard indisputable factual information.”
-- Kingman Brewster, Jr.Source : Address at University of Exeter, October 26, 1978.
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“Incomprehensible jargon is the hallmark of a profession.”
-- Kingman Brewster, Jr.Source : Address to the British Institute of Management, December 13, 1977.
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“If I take refuge in ambiguity, I assure you that it's quite conscious.”
-- Kingman Brewster, Jr.Source : The New York Tribune, October 14, 1963.
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“The fullness or emptiness of life will be measured by the extent to which a man feels that he has an impact on the lives of others.”
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“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.”
-- Kingman Brewster, Jr.Source : Baccalaureate address as President of Yale, June 12, 1966.
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“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.”
-- Kingman Brewster, Jr.Source : Inaugural address as President of Yale University, April 11, 1964.
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