Cass Sunstein Quotes

I've got research, I have my own life experience I can apply, and I have my imagination.

I really like knowledge and reading books and just generally immersing myself in information.

A subtle thought that is in error may yet give rise to fruitful inquiry that can establish truths of great value.

Let the historians and the Ph.D. students work out their doctrines. I'm not interested in theories per se.

To me, having 'material' for an essay means not only having something to write about but also having something interesting and original to say about whatever that might be.

It is the goal of the American university to be the brains of the republic.

No delusion is greater than the notion that method and industry can make up for lack of mother-wit, either in science or in practical life.

The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination.

The biggest handicap in research is an ability to think outside the box. The handicap is being encumbered by all the conventional wisdom in a given field.

All my knowledge comes from research.

I'm more interested in what I discover than what I invent.

The best books are the ones that ask the most questions.

What are we promoting in society? Well-behaved automatons that spew back what they learned in a book. That's not science. You can get a parrot to do that.

One can't write without having read - you have to read before beginning to write - and universities offer a very good opportunity to read.

Genius ain't anything more than elegant common sense.

The key to wisdom is this - constant and frequent questioning, for by doubting we are led to question and by questioning we arrive at the truth.

Science does not know its debt to imagination.

I can't talk about anything or write about anything if I don't understand it. So a lot of the stuff that I go through and a lot of the time that I spend is understanding.

We are approaching a new age of synthesis. Knowledge cannot be merely a degree or a skill... it demands a broader vision, capabilities in critical thinking and logical deduction without which we cannot have constructive progress.

Ask the right questions if you're to find the right answers.

Knowledge is a polite word for dead but not buried imagination.

There is only one justification for universities, as distinguished from trade schools. They must be centers of criticism.

If you ask questions that interest you, you'll get answers that interest your audience.

Science gives us knowledge, but only philosophy can give us wisdom.

A 'new thinker', when studied closely, is merely a man who does not know what other people have thought.