My total winnings after 14 appearances were $129,000.
I cannot take back one word or action; the past does not change for anyone. - Charles Van Doren
I cannot take back one word or action; the past does not change for anyone.
- Charles Van Doren
I hoped that it would be possible to slide slowly from my public life back to the life of teaching and writing that I had always wanted. But things d… - Charles Van Doren
I hoped that it would be possible to slide slowly from my public life back to the life of teaching and writing that I had always wanted. But things d…
Education in the West, particularly higher education in America, has lost the ability to see the universe from very far away. - Charles Van Doren
Education in the West, particularly higher education in America, has lost the ability to see the universe from very far away.
My total winnings after 14 appearances were $129,000. - Charles Van Doren
I have learned a lot about good and evil - they are not always what they appear to be. - Charles Van Doren
I have learned a lot about good and evil - they are not always what they appear to be.
I worked hard at memorizing lists of facts and figures, and carried with me a book of facts. - Charles Van Doren
I worked hard at memorizing lists of facts and figures, and carried with me a book of facts.
Some of you read with me 40 years ago a portion of Aristotle's Ethics, a selection of passages that describe his idea of happiness. You may not remem… - Charles Van Doren
Some of you read with me 40 years ago a portion of Aristotle's Ethics, a selection of passages that describe his idea of happiness. You may not remem…
Because the world is radically new, the ideal encyclopedia should be radical, too. - Charles Van Doren
Because the world is radically new, the ideal encyclopedia should be radical, too.
I have deceived my friends, and I had millions of them. - Charles Van Doren
I have deceived my friends, and I had millions of them.
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