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George Steiner Quotes about Age

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Every one of my opponents, every one of my critics, will tell you that I am a generalist spread far too thin in an age when this is not done anymore, when responsible knowledge is specialized knowledge.

Every one of my opponents, every one of my critics, will tell you that I am a generalist spread far too thin in an age when this is not done anymore, when responsible knowledge is specialized knowledge.

George Steiner
Age, Done, Opponents

Given my age, I am pretty near the end, probably, of my career as a writer, a scholar, a teacher. And I wanted to speak of things I will not be able to do.

George Steiner
Teacher, Careers, Age

The age of the book is almost gone.

George Steiner
Book, Reading, Age
The Daily Mail, June 27, 1988.

There are three intellectual pursuits, and, so far as I am aware, only three, in which human beings have performed major feats before the age of puberty. They are music, mathematics, and chess.

George Steiner
Intellectual, Age, Three
George Steiner (1987). “George Steiner: A Reader”, p.171, Oxford University Press on Demand

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