Jim's Favorite Famous Quote, Quip, Axiom, and Maxim Repository

James Conant
James B. Conant.
Born | March 26, 1893 Dorchester, Massachusetts |
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Died | February 11, 1978 Hanover, New Hampshire |
American educator and scientist. President of Harvard University 1933-1953. Named U.S. Ambassador to West Germany 1955.
The repository contains three quotes from James B. Conant.
Slogans are both exciting and comforting, but they are also powerful opiates for the conscience.
Every vital organization owes its birth and life to an exciting and daring idea.
Behold the turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out.