WIST Quotations

Brewster, Kingman -- “The Enduring American Press” symposium, Harvard (30 Oct 1964)

Dave — Mon, 12 Jan 2015 12:41:15 +0000

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. (1919-1988) American educator, diplomat
“The Enduring American Press” symposium, Harvard (30 Oct 1964)

Brewster, Kingman -- “The Enduring American Press” symposium, Harvard (30 Oct 1964)

Dave — Wed, 09 Nov 2016 05:01:45 +0000

While the spoken word can travel faster, you can’t take it home in your hand. Only the written word can be absorbed wholly at the convenience of the reader.

Kingman Brewster, Jr. (1919-1988) American educator, diplomat
“The Enduring American Press” symposium, Harvard (30 Oct 1964)

Brewster, Kingman -- (Attributed)

Dave — Mon, 26 Jan 2015 13:44:31 +0000

Perhaps the most fundamental value of a liberal education is that it makes life more interesting. It allows you to think things which do not occur to the less learned … it makes it less likely that you will be bored with life.

Kingman Brewster, Jr. (1919-1988) American educator, diplomat
(Attributed)
(Source)

Brewster, Kingman -- (Attributed)

Dave — Wed, 30 Nov 2016 03:44:30 +0000

There is no lasting hope in violence, only temporary relief from hopelessness.

Kingman Brewster, Jr. (1919-1988) American educator, diplomat
(Attributed)

Brewster, Kingman -- Baccalaureate address, Yale (12 Jun 1966)

Dave — Mon, 19 Jan 2015 14:25:24 +0000

There is no greater challenge than to have someone relying upon you; no greater satisfaction than to vindicate his expectation.

Kingman Brewster, Jr. (1919-1988) American educator, diplomat
Baccalaureate address, Yale (12 Jun 1966)

Brewster, Kingman -- Inaugural address as President of Yale University (11 Apr 1964)

Dave — Mon, 05 Jan 2015 14:46:27 +0000

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. (1919-1988) American educator, diplomat
Inaugural address as President of Yale University (11 Apr 1964)

Brewster, Kingman -- Lecture, St George’s Chapel, Windsor, England (5 May 1978)

Dave — Tue, 22 Nov 2016 06:11:41 +0000

We all live in a televised goldfish bowl.

Kingman Brewster, Jr. (1919-1988) American educator, diplomat
Lecture, St George’s Chapel, Windsor, England (5 May 1978)

Brewster, Kingman -- Speech, as quoted in The New York Tribune (14 Oct 1963)

Dave — Wed, 02 Nov 2016 03:24:03 +0000

If I take refuge in ambiguity, I assure you that it’s quite conscious.

Kingman Brewster, Jr. (1919-1988) American educator, diplomat
Speech, as quoted in The New York Tribune (14 Oct 1963)

On appointment as President of Yale University.

Brewster, Kingman -- Speech, British Institute of Management (13 Dec 1977)

Dave — Mon, 23 Sep 2013 13:28:55 +0000

Incomprehensible jargon is the hallmark of a profession.

Kingman Brewster, Jr. (1919-1988) American educator, diplomat
Speech, British Institute of Management (13 Dec 1977)