Talk:Robert Wilson Lynd

Wikipedia points to two Robert Lynds, and I am not sure which one is meant here. If anyone knows, disambiguating would be nice. MosheZadka 06:58, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Robert Lynd may be

• w:Robert Staughton Lynd the sociologist
• w:Robert Wilson Lynd the essayist

More research landed this in the lap of RWL. Enjoy! ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 13:17, 8 August 2005 (UTC)

Which, if any, Robert Lynd said this?

"In order to see birds it is necessary to become a part of the silence" is frequently attributed to a Robert Lynd. It sounds an appropriate metaphor for the sociologist observing "Middletown", but the 'net appears to adopt it literally and it's in the avian sections of quotes! Did either Lynd say or write it, if so where? [Added by 203.51.103.134]

I found the source of this—Robert Wilson Lynd—and included it on the main page. I have not removed this section because it contains somewhat more than just the quote. --Hughh (talk) 02:46, 2 July 2017 (UTC)

The 'Net is lousy with unsourced quotations. I just corrected one site that thought the "short decisive war" quote was from the sociologist. You can almost never get sources (and rarely accurate quotes) from quote websites, which is why we're so focused on sourcing and verifying quotes here. I'm hoping to find out a little more about the essayist's quotes shortly; I may find something out about the sociologist in the process. ~ Jeff Q (talk) 12:30, 21 November 2005 (UTC)

Unsourced

• There is nothing in which the birds differ more from man than the way in which they can build and yet leave a landscape as it was before.

• I am a confirmed believer in blessings in disguise. I prefer them undisguised when I myself happen to be the person blessed; in fact, I can scarcely recognize a blessing in disguise except when it is bestowed upon someone else.

• It is almost impossible to remember how tragic a place the world is when one is playing golf.