As much as we sometimes roll our eyes at the ivory-tower isolation of universities, they continue to serve as remarkable engines of… — Steven Johnson Copy Share Image
We have fallen in the dreams the ever-living Breathe on the tarnished mirror of the world, And then smooth out with ivory… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Our elephants are under siege because of an illegal international market that has driven ivory prices in the region up significantly. I… — Ali Bongo Ondimba Copy Share Image
America's liberal arts universities have long been safe zones for leftist thinking, protected ivory towers for the pseudo-elite who earn their livings… — Ben Shapiro Copy Share Image
Ivory's the kind of girl who gets drunk and immediately starts slurring. I have a lot of friends like that, and I… — Chelsea Handler Copy Share Image
The elephant has a thick skin, a head full of ivory, and as everyone who has seen a circus parade knows, proceeds… — Adlai E Stevenson Copy Share Image
Our dreams are a second life. I have never been able to penetrate without a shudder those ivory or horned gates which… — Gerard De Nerval Copy Share Image
Ivory is quickly becoming the new blood diamond of Africa and one that fuels militia battles. Some of the most notorious armed… — Ben Fogle Copy Share Image
The word 'ivory' rang in the air, was whispered, was sighed. You would think they were praying to it. A taint of… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
Human history has become too much a matter of dogma taught by 'professionals' in ivory towers as though it's all fact. Actually,… — Graham Hancock Copy Share Image
Earth Is Enough. We men of Earth have here the stuff Of Paradise - we have enough! We need no other stones… — Edwin Markham Copy Share Image
A good part of why I never went back to England was part of that, I didn't want to be in those… — Tim Roth Copy Share Image
Authentic thinking, thinking that is concerned about reality, does not take place in ivory tower isolation, but only in communication. If it… — Paulo Freire Copy Share Image
Contact with [menstrual blood] turns new wine sour, crops touched by it become barren, grafts die, seed in gardens are dried up,… — Pliny the Elder Copy Share Image
Great question in science - questions like the ones Herschel raised about the structure of the universe - are seldom answered by… — James Trefil Copy Share Image
Two diverse gates there are of bodiless dreams, These of sawn ivory, and those of horn. Such dreams as issue where the… — Homer Copy Share Image
“I reckon everyone's got someone they're looking to find. Sometimes the problem is trying to find somebody who don't know they lost… — Victoria Bond Copy Share Image
If you shut yourself up disdainfully in your ivory tower and insist that you have your own conscience and are satisfied with… — Luigi Pirandello Copy Share Image
The artist's life is to be where life is, active life, found in neither ivory tower nor concrete shelter; he must be… — Sean O'Casey Copy Share Image
Seized ivory stocks around Africa are recycled back into illegal trade due to corruption. Ivory stocks should be burnt together with the… — Ofir Drori Copy Share Image
Liberace was certainly master and commander of the ivories ~ he is the only pianist I can watch or listen to without… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Back when I was restoring art and antiques, finding ivory was very difficult because it's illegal, and the only difference between bone… — Dan Phillips Copy Share Image
James Ivory comes close to the actors for the first rehearsal. He more or less lets you direct yourself and then will… — Leslie Caron Copy Share Image
Illegal killings of elephants are being linked to organized crime and the funding of armed militia groups. Many consumers in Asia do… — Li Bingbing Copy Share Image
To become a celebrity is to become a brand name. There is Ivory Soap, Rice Krispies, and Philip Roth. Ivory is the… — Philip Roth Copy Share Image
That's a big part of being a designer now: going out, having dinners, meeting people. Being in an ivory tower, you can… — Joseph Altuzarra Copy Share Image
Chefs who cook in these ivory towers are in control in their own world. We try to approximate that world as best… — David Castle Copy Share Image
The beautiful wooden board on a stand in my father's study. The gleaming ivory pieces. The stern king. The haughty queen. The… — Rick Yancey Copy Share Image
In the West, we got the message that it's not cool to wear ivory. It's not cool to utilize products from these… — Patrick Bergin Copy Share Image
The great events of life often leave one unmoved; they pass out of consciousness, and, when thinks of them, become unreal. Even… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
I'm not a believer in putting designers off in an ivory tower. They need to have a voice at the table so… — Chuck Jones Copy Share Image
I don't ascribe to the idea of the ivory tower composer who sits alone in a room composing his masterpieces and then… — John Zorn Copy Share Image
None of us ever escape the first few years of our lives. They make a mould into which we are cast, and… — Lizette Woodworth Reese Copy Share Image
Many nights he lay there dreaming awake of secret cafés in Mont Marte, where ivory women delved in romantic mysteries with diplomats… — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
It used to be that readers were relegated because they considered themselves far above society, and so the metaphor of the ivory… — Alberto Manguel Copy Share Image
There is nothing but water in the holy pools. I know, I have been swimming there. All the gods sculpted of wood… — Kabir Copy Share Image
Scientists are supposed to live in ivory towers. Their darkrooms and their vibration-proof benches are supposed to isolate their activities from the… — Simon LeVay Copy Share Image
Listen: there was once a king sitting on his throne. Around Him stood great and wonderfully beautiful columns ornamented with ivory, bearing… — Hildegard of Bingen Copy Share Image
Programs, systems and methods sit well in the ivory towers of monasteries or in the wooden arms of icons. Head knowledge comes… — Joni Eareckson Tada Copy Share Image
I think public intellectuals have a responsibility - to be self-critical on the one hand, to do serious, nuanced work rigorously executed;… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
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