Eminent

Famous quotes containing the word eminent:

“An eminent teacher of girls said, “the idea of a girl’s education, is, whatever qualifies them for going to Europe.””
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

“Religious literature has eminent examples, and if we run over our private list of poets, critics, philanthropists and philosophers, we shall find them infected with this dropsy and elephantiasis, which we ought to have tapped.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

“It will do you no good if I get over this. A doctor’s reputation is made by the number of eminent men who die under his care.”
—George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)