Kohn Quotes

You will hear him telling you that he felt he was under siege. He knows he was shot at by some very hostile individuals. - Steve Kohn

You have to welcome their arguing with you, not to the point of disrespect, but if they are going to stand up for themselves, they need to learn to argue effectively. - Alfie Kohn

You have to give them unconditional love. They need to know that even if they screw up, you love them. You don't want them to grow up and resent you or, even worse, parent the way you parented them. - Alfie Kohn

When we do things that are controlling, whether intentional or not, we are not going to get those long-term outcomes. - Alfie Kohn

When test scores go up, we should worry, because of how poor a measure they are of what matters, and what you typically sacrifice in a desperate effort to raise scores. - Alfie Kohn

Whatever might have once been thought about the existence of a 'Greenspan put,' stock market, investors could not have endured the experience of the last five years in the United States and concluded that they were hedged on the downside by asymmetric monetary policy. - Donald Kohn

What is equally striking to me is this ... there isn't a sense of a community solving problems together, rather there's punishment for aberrant individuals. - Alfie Kohn

What can we surmise about the likelihood of someone's being caring and generous, loving and helpful, just from knowing that they are a believer? Virtually nothing, say psychologists, sociologists, and others who have studied that question for decade. - Alfie Kohn

What amazes me is that they are still a young team, yet the composure they have is unbelievable. - Dave Kohnen

We've always been under the radar. Now we are on the radar (but) we still don't get any respect. - Matt Kohn