Just one second Aaron!!!!!; You said there were TWO quotations. Well, I counted and where is the second???? (Here is a third: "I would rather be governed by the first 200 names in the Boston telephone directory than the faculty senate of Harvard University.") Actually, this last statement was predicated upon the cultural isolaltion of the editor of the National Review, a product of Yale. Had he been familiar with affairs elsewhere, he would have included the faculty senates of 1200 other institutions. --- Aaron Reece <oboeaaron@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Two quotations come to mind. > > 1. University politics are so vicious because the stakes are so > small. (H. Kissinger) > > 2. Keep an open mind, but no so open that your brain falls out. (J. > Bronowski) > > Academics have utterly failed in the latter case. > > -Aaron > > > > On May 15, 2006, at 8:29 AM, Jerry Friedman wrote: > > > As for corporate logic being an oxymoron, you have no idea of > > how well the terms of ox and moron fit together if you have not > > served time on > > an academic campus. > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com --- Rollei List - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Online, searchable archives are available at //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list