As quoted in The Observer [London] (3 July 1977)
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Famous Kingman Brewster, Jr. Quotes
Baccalaureate address as President of Yale (12 June 1966)
The Enduring American Press (October 1964) edited by The Hartford Courant
Baccalaureate address as President of Yale (12 June 1966)
On relations between the US and the UK, as quoted in "Kingman Brewster Jr., 69, Ex-Yale President and U.S. Envoy, Dies" in The New York Times (9 November 1988)
The Enduring American Press (October 1964) edited by The Hartford Courant
Kingman Brewster, Jr. Quotes
“Perhaps the most fundamental value of a liberal education is that it makes life more interesting.”
As quoted in "Kingman Brewster Jr., 69, Ex-Yale President and U.S. Envoy, Dies" in The New York Times (9 November 1988) http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=940DE5D6143CF93AA35752C1A96E948260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=print
Context: 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.
“We all live in a televised goldfish bowl.”
Lecture, St George’s Chapel, Windsor, England (5 May 1978)
“The newspaper fits the reader’s program while the listener must fit the broadcaster’s program.”
The Enduring American Press (October 1964) edited by The Hartford Courant
Statement to a meeting of the faculty of Yale College, explaining why the university could not use its funds to help defendants in a Black Panther murder trial, as quoted in The Washington Post (5 May 1970), p. A16
“If I take refuge in ambiguity, I assure you that it’s quite conscious.”
On appointment as President of Yale University, as quoted in The New York Tribune (14 October 1963)
“Incomprehensible jargon is the hallmark of a profession.”
Address to the British Institute of Management (13 December 1977)
On direct telephone communications between heads of state, as quoted in The Observer [London] (10 June 1979)
Address at University of Exeter (26 October 1978)
Inaugural address as President of Yale University (11 April 1964)
