Kingman Brewster
Kingman Brewster
Kingman Brewster Jr.was an educator, president of Yale University, and American diplomat...
Kingman Brewster quotes about
interesting paper quiet
It won't make for a quiet life but it will make for an interesting paper vastly more significant because it is doing something only a daily paper can do.
presumption-of-innocence generosity spirit
The presumption of innocence is not just a legal concept. In commonplace terms, it rests on that generosity of spirit which assumes the best, not the worst, of the stranger.
creative suffering correlation
You and I know that there is a correlation between the creative and the screwball. So we must suffer the screwball gladly.
relief criminal-mind violence
There is no lasting hope in violence, only temporary relief from hopelessness.
reality safe-haven risk
Universities should be safe havens where ruthless examination of realities will not be distorted by the aim to please or inhibited by the risk of displeasure.
thinking paper ambassadors
The function of a briefing paper is to prevent the ambassador from saying something dreadfully indiscreet. I sometimes think its true object is to prevent the ambassador from saying anything at all.
mean stay-calm generations
Maybe you are the "cool" generation If coolness means a capacity to stay calm and use your head in the service of ends passionately believed in, then it has my admiration.