Educated But Uncivilized Quotes

#1. What a great teacher, a great parent, a great psychotherapist and a great coach have in common is a deep belief in the potential of the person with whom they are concerned. They relate to the person from their vision of his or her worth and value.

Nathaniel Branden

#2. If you look up the definition of greatness in the dictionary, it will say Michael Jordan.

Elgin Baylor

#3. I can tell the negotiators, please, when you consider all the options, do not be constrained by the risk of an oil embargo on Iranian oil.

Claude Mandil

#4. Where there is no struggle, there is absolutely no progress

Eric Thomas

#5. The eye can see what we have in common or focus on what keeps us apart. And the heart can feel what joins us with everything or replay its many cuts. And the tongue can praise the wind or warn against the storm, can praise the sea or dread the flood.

Mark Nepo

#6. He was appalled by the examination system, when it was explained to him, he could not imagine a greater detterent to the natural wish to learn than this pattern of cramming in information and disgorging it on demand.

Ursula K. Le Guin

#7. Upshaw - Apsaroke, 1905. Curtis's friend and interpreter Alexander Upshaw, "perfectly educated and absolutely uncivilized," as Curtis said of him, had trouble shuttling between two worlds. He chose to pose in the clothes of his ancestors.

Timothy Egan

#8. I wasn't quite used to writing a diary - I didn't understand why people did it - but I wrote down notes and they went into a poem.

Benjamin Clementine

#9. I'm still pretty sick about what I've lost, but I only admit it to myself late at night, which is probably why I'm not the best sleeper.

Nick Hornby

#10. What's nice about investing is you don't have to swing at every pitch.

Warren Buffett