Famous quotes containing the word degree:
“I cannot see how a man of any large degree of humorous perception can ever be religiousexcept he purposely shut the eyes of his mind & keep them shut by force.”
—Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (18351910)
“When I tried to talk to my father about the kind of work I might do after college, he said, You know, Charlotte, Ive been giving a lot of thought to that, and it seems to me that the world really needs good, competent secretaries. Your English degree will help you. He said this with perfect seriousness. I was an A student at Bryn Mawr ...”
—Charlotte Palmer (b. c. 1925)
“The eloquence of one stimulates all the rest, some up to the speaking-point, and all others to a degree that makes them good receivers and conductors, and they avenge themselves for their enforced silence by increased loquacity on their return.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (18031882)