Bergen Evans
Bergen Evans
Bergen Baldwin Evanswas a Northwestern University professor of English, and a television host. He received a George Foster Peabody Award in 1957 for excellence in broadcasting for his CBS TV series The Last Word...
writing thinking punctuation-marks
It (the dash ) is a comfortable punctuation mark since even the most rigorous critic can seldom claim that any particular example of it is a misuse. Its overuse is its greatest danger, and the writer who can't resist dashes may be suspected of uncoordinated thinking.
trust men demand
The civilized man has a moral obligation to be skeptical, to demand the credentials of all statements that claim to be facts.
memorial-day thinking doubt
Freedom of speech and freedom of action are meaningless without freedom to think. And there is no freedom of thought without doubt.
past
We may be through with the past, but the past ain't through with us.
wisdom given selection
Wisdom is meaningless until your own experience has given it meaning, and there is wisdom in the selection of wisdom.
wisdom madness cynicism
Stoicism is the wisdom of madness and cynicism the madness of wisdom.
inspirational leadership desire
There is no necessary connection between the desire to lead and the ability to lead, and even less the ability to lead somewhere that will be to the advantage of the led...
past may
We may be through with the past, but the past is not through with us.
men humanity religion
The civilized man has a moral obligation to be skeptical. . . . Any man who for one moment abandons or suspends the questioning spirit has for that moment betrayed humanity.
men honorable-man bullied
An honorable man will not be bullied by a hypothesis.
mean successful adjusting
Words are one of our chief means of adjusting to all the situations of life. The better control we have over words, the more successful our adjustment is likely to be.