Parting Thoughts
This month’s quotes are taken from the e-mail signature of Lydia Snover, Director of Institutional Research at MIT (lsnover@mit.edu). These quotes have always struck me as pertinent for institutional research and, well, life in general. Many thanks to Lydia for allowing me to post them here.
I was gratified to be able to answer promptly and I did. I said I didn’t know.
~ From Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835–1910), American author and humorist
Our humanity is diminished when we have no mission bigger than ourselves.
~ Bono [Paul David Hewson] (1960-), Irish musician and activist
Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.
~ John Adams (1735-1826), American politician and second President of the United States
Reader contributions of Parting Thoughts are most welcome. Send
them to Marne Einarson (mke3@cornell.edu).