As a civil servant in charge of the government's Strategy Unit, I brought in many people from outside government, including academia and… — Geoff Mulgan Copy Share Image
There is this tremendous body of knowledge in the world of academia where extraordinary numbers of incredibly thoughtful people have taken the… — Malcolm Gladwell Copy Share Image
In an address before the "Academia," which had been organized to combat "science falsely so called," Cardinal Manning declared his abhorrence of… — Andrew Dickson White Copy Share Image
“One entered the world, Denis pursued, having ready-made ideas about everything. One had a philosophy and tried to make life fit into… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
“In all professional endeavors, rigorous standards of accuracy are required. Scholars cherish their freedom of expression. But full freedom cannot be experienced… — Russell M. Nelson 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
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
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
“And if she liked and trusted the person who asked, she would add that yes, it was kind of a lot to… — Lev Grossman Copy Share Image
When people think about 'thinking,' they often think 'academia;' they think 'threat.' They think 'coldness.' I want to reverse all those images… — John Piper 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
Well, I wanted to be a philosopher, which is the idlest occupation in the world. I wanted to be involved in abstract… — Will Self Copy Share Image
“I am writing a treatise just now" said the badger, coughing diffidently to show that he was absolutely set on explaining it,… — T.H. White 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
Yeah, I am a guy working on physics outside of academia. But I'm nowhere near Einstein's caliber. — Antony Garrett Lisi Copy Share Image
Too many years away from academia renders you pretty incompetent at research and teaching. So I had to go back. — Raghuram Rajan Copy Share Image
Yes, academia is often in the brainwashing business and revisionist history is alive and well. — Jedediah Bila Copy Share Image
They [Harvard academia] liked the poor, but didn't like the smell of the poor. — Chris Hedges Copy Share Image
I got fed up with academia and decided I would rather be a carpenter. — Geoffrey Hinton Copy Share Image
THE GUYS IN THE OLD DAYS WHO BELIEVED THE EARTH WAS ROUND MUST HAVE HAD A VERY ROUGH TIME WITH ACADEMIA — Jacque Fresco Copy Share Image
“Academe was one of the last strongholds of the professional time-waster.” — Clive Barker Copy Share Image
We need laws written by people who have confronted life in the real world, not in the sheltered world of trust fund… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
“The four most influential moderns: Darwin, Marx, Freud, and (the productive) Einstein were scholars but not academics. It has always been hard… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
I worked in information technology and academia for a long time and met many people who were better with things and ideas… — Graeme Simsion Copy Share Image
Most architects work in studios largely divorced from academia, as if ideas, criticism and historical research were irrelevant. — David Chipperfield Copy Share Image
“The path of specialization leads away from the ordinary and concrete acts of understanding in terms of which man actually lives his… — William Barrett Copy Share Image
Intellectual discourse and investigation is admittedly great fun but only truly meaningful when conducted in the service of others. — Sergio De La Pava Copy Share Image
I liked teaching, but the bureaucracy of academia and the petty intrigue... It wasn't a good fit. Once I admitted that myself,… — Nic Pizzolatto Copy Share Image
In a sense, New Age gurus are akin to postmodernists within academia. They dispense meaningless drivel that masquerades as profound truths whilst… — Gad Saad Copy Share Image
“Oh, maybe a little treasure for the more rabid Incunks, the collectors and the academics who maintained their positions in large part… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
It is extraordinarily difficult, even in academia, to find a job that will let you do whatever you want with your time.… — Antony Garrett Lisi Copy Share Image
“Needless to say, that meant that the Braekbills student body was quite the psychological menagerie. Carrying that much onboard cognitive processing power… — Lev Grossman Copy Share Image
I think if somebody is so set in their ways about what they feel about something - and you get this a… — Jon Ronson Copy Share Image
“Many young people strangely boast of being "motivated"; they re-request apprenticeships and permanent training. It's up to them to discover what they're… — Gilles Deleuze Copy Share Image
In almost every profession - whether it's law or journalism, finance or medicine or academia or running a small business - people… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
I'm not qualified for anything. I've had lots of little jobs, like picking grapes and being a tax man. I can't imagine… — Ian Rankin Copy Share Image
It was only in university I was told that I was dyslexic. It kind of gave me the confidence to be able… — Erin Richards Copy Share Image
The fetish of the great university, of expensive colleges for young women, is too often simply a fetish. It is not based… — Mary Roberts Rinehart Copy Share Image
“He said that academia reminded him of a badly run circus. The faculty members were like underfed animals -- weary of their… — Susan Hubbard Copy Share Image
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