“Now, in the academy, you cannot just say anything about male theory. You have to proceed with an immanent critique, that is… — Somer Brodribb Copy Share Image
“In projecting onto others their own moral sense, therapists sometimes make terrible errors. Child physical abusers are automatically labeled “impulsive," despite extensive… — Anna Salter Copy Share Image
I was in an industrial laboratory because academia found me unsuitable — Benoit Mandelbrot Copy Share Image
It's my experience that people don't think of fiction writing as being as intellectually serious as other kinds of writing in academia… — Alexander Chee Copy Share Image
Boston was a great city to grow up in, and it probably still is. We were surrounded by two very important elements:… — Leonard Nimoy Copy Share Image
It's very important that there should be cross-fertilisation between government and academia. Both parties can benefit from having a better understanding of… — Nicholas Stern Copy Share Image
“Shulman argues that work that is valued is work that is presented to colleagues. The failure to make this kind of wider… — Charles E. Glassick Copy Share Image
Academia is alas full of special interests and specialists who presumed it was possible to "leapfrog" over this or that entire line… — Kenny Smith Copy Share Image
A chair's function is not just to provide a place to sit; it is to provide a medium for self-expression. Chairs are… — Evan Davis Copy Share Image
Postmodernism is an academic theory, originating in academia with an academic elite, not in the world of women and men, where feminist… — Catharine MacKinnon Copy Share Image
College professors have two bad traits. They are logical and they are easily flattered. — Gertrude Stein Copy Share Image
[Wellesley College] is about as meaningful to the educational process in America as a perfume factory is to the national economy. — Nora Ephron Copy Share Image
I struggled to keep one foot in music and one in academia. I had worked on my Ph.D. for three years full… — Greg Graffin Copy Share Image
Materialist philosophies that treat human beings as machines or animals possess the high ground in our culture - academia, the most powerful… — Marvin Olasky Copy Share Image
Sometimes among our more sophisticated, self-styled intellectuals--and I say self-styled advisedly; the real intellectual I am notsure would ever feel this way--some… — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
“For too long the ideal role of the individual in our society—the role the talented young have aspired to almost by convention—has… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
In my opinion humanity is being prayed upon, I mean as a species. Not only by old satanic families like the Rothschilds… — Sean Young Copy Share Image
I think especially in academia, we are coached to go the route of paying to submit our writing to small publications, like… — Stephanie Land Copy Share Image
People in academia and industry are not accustomed to people who have long lapses in their careers. — Mildred Dresselhaus Copy Share Image
“He was scrupulous about the use of his title because, his investigations being so utterly unscientific, he hoped to borrow an air… — Shirley Jackson Copy Share Image
Life is more than thought: what a man feels, and what his senses awaken in him, are more indispensable to his life's… — John Carroll Copy Share Image
I don't know what has caused this reawakening in academia. Obama? The GOP's assaults on science and on patients? Jon Stewart? I'm… — Alice Dreger Copy Share Image
In Washington, it's dog eat dog. In academia, it's exactly the opposite. — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
Most areas of intellectual life have discovered the virtues of speculation, and have embraced them wildly. In academia, speculation is usually dignified… — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image