We live in grief for having left the womb, for having left the teat, then school, then home. In my case, it was leaving marriages, and the death of my wife. – William Shatner
You go to college not only for the latest knowledge but also to meet people from different backgrounds. Thats the genius of the American higher-education system compared with the Europeans. We dont simply skim the elite. – Donna Shalala
No one can really know the life of his own day, let alone that of times long past. Always the historian sees as in a mirror darkly, the reds and the golds rendered drab by the shadows of time. – Earl R. Beck, On Teaching History in Colleges and Universities
