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)

    The only reason I might go to the funeral is to make absolutely sure that he’s dead.
    —“An Eminent Editor” Of Press Baron. Quoted in Anthony Sampson, Anatomy of Britain Today, ch. 9 (1965)

    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)