Quote by Andrew Greeley
It was generally believed that Catholics were not interested in ar

It was generally believed that Catholics were not interested in arts and science graduate schools. They werent going to be intellectuals. And so I put the theses to the test. And they all collapsed. – Andrew Greeley

Other quotes by Andrew Greeley

Would it not be much better to have a president who deliberately lied to the people because he thought a war was essential than to have one who was so dumb as to be taken in by intelligence agencies, especially those who told him what he wanted to hear? – Andrew Greeley

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Intelligence
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I have terrible handwriting. I now say its a learning disability… but a nun who was a very troubled woman hit me over the fingers with a ruler because my writing was so bad. – Andrew Greeley

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Learning
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Well, religion has been passed down through the years by stories people tell around the campfire. Stories about God, stories about love. Stories about good spirits and evil spirits. – Andrew Greeley

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Religion
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Other Quotes from
Science
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I think it was this curiosity about the natural world which awoke my early interest in science. – Paul Nurse

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Science

I hate science fiction. – James Dyson

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Science

The microwave oven is the consolation prize in our struggle to understand physics. – Jason Love

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Science

And finally, no matter how good the science gets, there are problems that inevitably depend on judgement, on art, on a feel for financial markets. – Martin Feldstein

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Science

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The joke in our family is that we can cry reading the phone book. – Ron Reagan

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The garden suggests there might be a place where we can meet nature halfway. – Michael Pollan

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gardening

Laughter through tears is my favorite emotion. – Robert Harling, Steel Magnolias

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Crying

If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed. – Albert Einstein

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Fear