Stanley Fish

Belief and knowledge are considered to be two different things. But they are not.

In general, higher education does not know how to speak for its interests. It offers a stance that is defensive, cowardly and likely to be ineffective.

It is of no help to us that there is an absolute truth of the matter of things because unfortunately, none of us are in a position to say definitively what that is - although we all think that we are.

The flaw of an amateur is to assume what's in our head is what's on the page.

Honest conviction is my courage; the Constitution is my guide.