The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart.
“I don't really care if people get upset. I think I'm doing my job if people get upset; I want them to think! We all want them to think, hopefully.”
“In the end, the humanities can only be defended by stressing how indispensable they are; and this means insisting on their vital role in the whole business of academic learning, rather than protesting that, like some poor relation, they don't cost much to be housed.”