Americans have always had an ambivalent attitude toward intelligence. When they feel threatened, they want a lot of it, and when they dont, they regard the whole thing as somewhat immoral. – Vernon A. Walters

We can revolutionize the attitude of inner city brown and black kids to learning. We need a civil rights movement within the African-American community. – Henry Louis Gates

Each experience through which we pass operates ultimately for our good. This is a correct attitude to adopt and we must be able to see it in that light. – Henry S. Haskins