I came from an anxious, overly intense East Coast academic family. That was the way of our tribe. — Lev Grossman Copy Share Image
“This man was a keeper and I was indeed willing to make him mine" - Eliana Richards” — Jessica Girke Copy Share Image
I don't think academic writing ever was wonderful. However, science used to be much less specialized. — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
MIT is governed by a second, even higher rule: the inalienable right of academic freedom. — Nicholas Negroponte Copy Share Image
“Most academic battles involve space or faculty appointments and promotions.” — James D. Watson Copy Share Image
I'm not pretending to be an academic, or to have this down to a science. It's strictly my taste. But there is… — Steven Van Zandt Copy Share Image
Education never really interested me, to be fair. I mean, education does interest me, but academic school study is a different thing.… — Ed Speleers Copy Share Image
Honestly, I didn't have the patience for biology or history in an academic sense, but I always liked the kind of big… — Andrew Bird Copy Share Image
In a way, it has been an advantage for me to be a woman because there is always some academic committee that… — Esther Duflo Copy Share Image
In both children and adults, there can be a hard-to-deny link between a robust sense of hope and either work productivity or… — Jeffrey Kluger Copy Share Image
I don't know why people question the academic training of an athlete. Fifty percent of the doctors in this country graduated in… — Al McGuire Copy Share Image
I didn't come from any kind of academic background, but I lived in a college town and I knew people who weren't… — Sarah Vowell Copy Share Image
Some of the roots of role-playing games (RPGs) are grounded in clinical and academic role assumption and role-playing exercises. — Gary Gygax Copy Share Image
Founded when Abraham Lincoln believed education could lead the nation out of its darkest days, Ohio State now provides a powerful platform… — Gordon Gee Copy Share Image
I've known a lot of people who were punkers who went on to get academic degrees. Very few of them, however, continued… — Greg Graffin Copy Share Image
To teach an academic subject is certainly not easy, but compared to coaching, it is. We can say 'two plus two is… — Joe Paterno Copy Share Image
By academic freedom I understand the right to search for truth and to publish and teach what one holds to be true.… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Priests, like all of us, are affected by culture, ... When the culture is sick, every element in it becomes infected. While… — Rick Santorum Copy Share Image
What I want you to do is just take it as it is. Don't think too much. If you get involved with… — Masaaki Hatsumi Copy Share Image
I have also been attacked by my opponents as someone seeking to purge university faculties of leftist professors. This is false. The… — David Horowitz Copy Share Image
DURING THE PAST TWO TO THREE DECADES, we have acquired substantial evidence that most chronic diseases in America can be partially attributed… — T. Colin Campbell Copy Share Image
In that sense, Obama is America's first postmodern president. If his predecessors tended to see the world in terms of good and… — Stephen F. Hayes Copy Share Image
“To be a successful academic, it is not enough merely to have mastered the craft of writing intelligibly. You must also be… — Helen Sword Copy Share Image
For the academic the rhetorical sense of superiority through the possession of knowledge is essential for facing the daily grind, turning again… — Robin Winks Copy Share Image
I've worked in the factories of this land, and I've thought freely and creatively. And I think that that has greatly enriched… — Murray Bookchin Copy Share Image
“In the end, ethical interpretation of the Bible means to think critically about how our practices of textual engagement might help us… — Walter Brueggemann Copy Share Image
I have concluded that most PhD economists under appraise the power of the common-stock-based "wealth effect," under current extreme conditions... "Wealth effects"… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
I read reviews of critics I respect and feel I can learn something from. Right now there are a lot of bottom-feeder… — Alexander Payne Copy Share Image
The clerical work is par for the course. "Keep on file in numerical order" means throw in wastebasket. You'll soon learn the… — Bel Kaufman Copy Share Image
