Knaben Quotes & Sayings

1987: "We cannot assume that young people today know things that were known in the past by almost every literate person in the culture." Hirsch has argued that students are being sent out into the world without the basic level of cultural literacy that is necessary to be a good citizen (what does it say that two thirds of American seventeen-year-olds can't even tell you within fifty years when the Civil War occurred?), and what's needed is a kind of educational counterreformation that reemphasizes hard facts. — Joshua Foer

Have faith in you. Have faith in me. Together, we can do anything. — Milly Taiden

they play fast and loose with both historical fact and traditional religious interpretation in order to understand their past as they believe it must be understood — Mary R. Habeck

There was a point when I almost gave up. I couldn't feed myself. I couldn't feed my pets. — Eleanor Mondale

Life is like a book. It is your decision to narrate it or to live it — Gabriela Rodriguez

Hey! You can be more than just a car company. You can be more than just a pet food company. You can aspire to loving dogs, rather than just feeding dogs. — Lee Clow