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title: "7 Academic Culture Quotes by 7 authors"
description: "Browse 7 Academic Culture quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Academic Culture sayings and thoughts."
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> [“Instead of telling our valuable stories, we seek safety in abstractions, speaking to each other about our opinions, ideas, and beliefs rather…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/parker-palmer/instead-of-telling-our-valuable-stories-we-seek-safety-in/)

[Parker Palmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/parker-palmer/)

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> [I look at Google and think they have a strong academic culture. Elegant solutions to complex problems.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-zuckerberg/i-look-at-google-and-think-they-have-a-strong-academic-culture/)

[Mark Zuckerberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-zuckerberg/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a36/mark-zuckerberg-858_academic_i-look-at-google-and-think-they-have-a-s_247518.jpg)

> [Im good at getting information and synthesizing it. Its not that I doubt myself on that. Its, do you have the Ph.D.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katty-kay/im-good-at-getting-information-and-synthesizing-it-its-not-that-i/)

[Katty Kay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katty-kay/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d1/katty-kay-8472_brain_im-good-at-getting-information-and-synth_595927.jpg)

> [The film culture has no room for ideas. The literary culture has some room, but not less than they should, and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-linklater/the-film-culture-has-no-room-for-ideas-the-literary-culture-has-some/)

[Richard Linklater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-linklater/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/820/richard-linklater-2192_cinema_the-film-culture-has-no-room-for-ideas-t_2037856.jpg)

> [If we want to grow as teachers -- we must do something alien to academic culture: we must talk to each other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/parker-j-palmer/if-we-want-to-grow-as-teachers-we-must-do-something-alien-to-academic/)

[Parker J. Palmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/parker-j-palmer/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e5/parker-j-palmer-2983_abstract_if-we-want-to-grow-as-teachers-we-must-d_2216661.jpg)

> [“the “you can’t make me do it” academic culture.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leslie-berlin/the-you-can-t-make-me-do-it-academic-culture/)

[Leslie Berlin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leslie-berlin/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/902/leslie-berlin-26185_academic_the-you-can-t-make-me-do-it-academic-cul_2511612.jpg)

> [Academic culture is not merely indifferent to teaching, it is actively hostile to it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-sykes/academic-culture-is-not-merely-indifferent-to-teaching-it-is-actively/)

[Charlie Sykes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-sykes/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/212/charlie-sykes-9529_culture_academic-culture-is-not-merely-indiffere_3018165.jpg)

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