A few years ago I met an old professor at the University of Notre Dame. Looking back on his long life of… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
I don't really have a career as a jazz musician. I don't really have a career as a classical musician. I don't… — Paul Smoker Copy Share Image
Of all the human qualities, the one I admire the most is competence. A tailor who is really able to cut and… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
In the past few months I've become religious, I've started to believe in god, creationism and intelligent design, and the reason that… — Stewart Lee Copy Share Image
The President's science advisor, who is a former Harvard professor named Holdren, is involved in the email scandals and covering up the… — Jim Sensenbrenner Copy Share Image
The oppressed want at any cost to resemble the oppressors." "They call themselves ignorant and say the 'professor' is the one who… — Paulo Freire Copy Share Image
The anger of the weak never goes away, Professor, it just gets a little moldy. It molds like a beautiful blue cheese… — Marge Piercy Copy Share Image
Or, to express this in another way, suggested to me by Professor Suzuki, in connection with seeing into our own nature, poetry… — Reginald Horace Blyth Copy Share Image
After all, if you believe that no one was ever corrupted by a book, you also have to believe that no one… — Irving Kristol Copy Share Image
There was once a professor of law who said to his students. When you are fighting a case, if you have facts… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
Barack Obama is the most Jewish president we've ever had (except for Rutherford B. Hayes). No president, not even Bill Clinton, has… — Jeffrey Goldberg Copy Share Image
How many of you have had a crush on a teacher? I mean, remember that Physics professor? Law One is so steamy,… — Olivia Munn Copy Share Image
In the field of Egyptian mathematics Professor Karpinski of the University of Michigan has long insisted that surviving mathematical papyri clearly demonstrate… — James Henry Breasted Copy Share Image
Harvard introduced the now famous ad hoc system whereby a group of experts in the field of the faculty member to be… — Henry Rosovsky Copy Share Image
Theology is a non-subject. I'm not saying that professors of theology are non-professors. They do interesting things, like study biblical history, biblical… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
Professor Wilkes is best known as the builder and designer of the EDSAC, the first computer with an internally stored program. Built… — Maurice Wilkes Copy Share Image
I'm noticing an exciting trend around the country: a resurgence of interest in Christian apologetics (the defense of the faith). This is… — Lee Strobel Copy Share Image
Bad news, Harry. I've just been to see Professor McGonagall about the Firebolt. She – er, got a bit shirty with me.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
My students often say, 'My roommate read this story and really liked it,' and it's hard to convince them that there are… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
Until the June 1967 war I was completely caught up in the life of a young professor of English. Beginning in 1968,… — Edward Said Copy Share Image
What happened in the interim is, billions of records have been digitized. Historians and scholars have always used genealogical records to tell… — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
The great thing about working out at a gym is that if you put in effort, you get very obvious results. The… — Randy Pausch Copy Share Image
I lived in lower-income neighborhoods in the inner city. Across the street were dark parts of the world. I've experienced the gamut,… — Kenna Copy Share Image
My parents love it! They're on set. They make cameos in the movie. My father is a psycho-analyst and a professor at… — Eli Roth Copy Share Image
One thing that's important to point out is that this kind of populism has a long and mixed history. It's part of… — Astra Taylor Copy Share Image
Bart Giamatti did not grow up (as he had dreamed) to play second base for the Red Sox. He became a professor… — David Halberstam Copy Share Image
The professor husband of a friend of mine has likened children to the insane. I often think of it. He says that… — Claire Messud Copy Share Image
Having a super-brain does not suddenly make you a dictator of the world. So we don't have to fear the scenarios of… — Michio Kaku Copy Share Image
[Albert] Hoxie, my Western Civilization professor. I had him in my freshman year and he opened up an extraordinary world to me… — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Copy Share Image
Robin Williams was an airman, a doctor, a genie, a nanny, a president, a professor, a bangarang Peter Pan, and everything in… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
By giving professors jobs for life, universities create a feeling of unanswerable power among too many. Tenured professors who are uninterested in… — Ben Shapiro Copy Share Image
There's a misconception about Barack Obama as a former constitutional law professor. First of all, there are plenty of professors who are… — Jonathan Turley Copy Share Image
One may have a right to be unconventional and even eccentric, so long as one is fully competent and a decent person;… — Robert Audi Copy Share Image
Some atheists are quite explicit that their atheism comes first. One of the most famous is Richard Lewontin, a professor of genetics,… — John Lennox Copy Share Image
Why? I mean, why you? I can perfectly comprehend not liking my husband. I dislike him intensely most of the time.” Professor… — Gail Carriger Copy Share Image
Like that's the only reason anyone would ever buy a first-aid kit? Don't take this the wrong way, Professor McGonagall, but what… — Eliezer Yudkowsky Copy Share Image
(Heinrich von) Kleist would not be a Prussian if his first thought would not have been orderlinessand he would not be a… — Stefan Zweig Copy Share Image
Some conservatives have expressed outrage that the views of professors are at odds with the views of students, as if ideas were… — Ellen Willis Copy Share Image
I like the new shoe designers. Not all of them - there are really bad ones too. But I go to the… — Manolo Blahnik Copy Share Image
My self . . . is a dramatic ensemble. Here a prophetic ancestor makes his appearance. Here a brutal hero shouts. Here… — Paul Klee Copy Share Image
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