Rochester Quotes

“It’s important to realize individual patrons tend to be great music lovers and often have very well-established taste; posterity decides that their taste is often pretty reliable.”

—Ralph Locke, professor of musicology at the Eastman School, talking to the London Financial Times on the alive-and-well practice among American music lovers to commission new classical music.

The New York Times

“When a company fires the C.E.O. and the market’s happy, the stock is up based on an estimate of future profits.”
—James A. Brickley, the Gleason Professor of Business Administration, talking about the difficulties in gauging how changes in a company’s leadership will translate to its stock price. Brickley says ignoring the frenzy on Wall Street when a boss is fired may be the best approach.

The Washington Post

“This is something that’s hard for people to talk about because it forces them to face their own mortality, but whenever you have a case like this, it tends to start people talking and thinking.”
—Timothy Quill, professor of medicine and director of the Center for Palliative Care and Clinical Ethics at the Medical Center, commenting on renewed interest in living wills after the death of Terri Schiavo last spring.

Deseret Morning News

“Politics is gendered in a very masculine way. It requires very ambitious and aggressive behavior that some women are uncomfortable with and some people are uncomfortable seeing in women.”
—Nora Bredes, director of the Anthony Center for Women’s Leadership, commenting on the challenges women face in running for national elective office.

Hartford Courant

“It’s an issue that cements party members. Democrats feel they own this issue.”
—Richard F. Fenno Jr., professor emeritus of political science, discussing the possible political fallout of Republican-led calls to overhaul Social Security.

The Chronicle of Higher Education

“Librarians should use their expertise to deepen students’ understanding of the disciplines they study. More specifically, librarians should use their intimate knowledge of the collections they manage and the writing process as practiced in the disciplines to teach apprentice readers and writers.”
—Stanley Wilder, assistant dean of the River Campus libraries, writing about how librarians should approach the notion of teaching “information literacy” to students.