Hightisms: Philosophical Quips/Reflections

• "Be brilliant." (= be intellectually honest)
• "No likey."
• "Logic is better than sex."
• "Don't be a squirrel."
• "Sometimes you just have to wave the magic hand."
• "It often takes a great mind to make a great mistake."
• "If you cannot imagine being someone else, then how can you grow and improve who you are?"
• "Still here."
• "Primary/secondary qualities... the things that keep me up at night!"
• "Could be Gorgon the Great Goat God... my favorite 'quad-G.'"
• "That is a bastard hard problem."

Thanks to many students for sending these to me....

 

Student Quotes Hight Will Hold You to Forever

• In response to class discussion about the upshots of consequentialism.... Taylor Neal 10:51am 9 April 2007 "I will take my [$500] ring to the pawn shop."
      We are still waiting Taylor....
• Josh Sorey, 20 April 2007. "You [Hight] average six 'awesome references' [to science fiction/fantasy characters] per class."