23-09-2023, 10:52 AM
“I would be most content if my children grew up to be the kind of people who think decorating consits mostly of building enough bookshelves.”
Anna Quindlen
“There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge."
“Self education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is. The only function of a school is to make seklf education easier, failing that it does nothing.”
Isaac Asimov
Anna Quindlen
“There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge."
“Self education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is. The only function of a school is to make seklf education easier, failing that it does nothing.”
Isaac Asimov
in order to be old & wise, you must first be young & stupid. (I'm still working on that.)