Quote of the day
It is better to meet danger than to wait for it. He that is on a lee shore, and foresees a hurricane, stands out to sea and encounters a storm to avoid a shipwreck.
Walter B. Pitkin
Born: February 6, 1878
Died: January 25, 1953 (aged 74)
Bio: Walter Boughton Pitkin was an American lecturer in philosophy and psychology at Columbia University, and professor in the Columbia University School of Journalism.
Known for:
- Life Begins at Forty (1932)
- The Art Of Rapid Reading (1929)
- The Art Of Useful Writing (1940)
- The Art of Learning (1931)