“n. An ancient school where morality and philosophy were taught. ACADEMY, n. [from ACADEME] A modern school where football is taught.” — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
I think I learned a lot on Beaches. A guy I worked with Dante Spinotti is a wonderful cinematographer and it was… — Garry Marshall Copy Share Image
Is it morally right to be pushing football careers to 11-year-olds? I still wince every time a parent comes up to me… — David James Copy Share Image
Concentration of greenhouse gases, especially CO2, have increased substantially since the beginning of the industrial revolution. And the National Academy of Sciences… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
As I walked up the imposing steps of the Royal Academy, I came fact to face with Alwen Hughes. She looked just… — Rolf Harris Copy Share Image
The (Academy Award) ceremonies are a two-hour meat parade, a public display with contrived suspense for economic reasons. — George C. Scott Copy Share Image
If you're at an academy you don't know anything else other than having everything at your feet. Having to work hard to… — Ashley Barnes Copy Share Image
I will never win an Oscar, and do you know why? First of all, because I'm not Jewish. Secondly, I make too… — Clint Eastwood Copy Share Image
We all learn in school that the judicial, legislative and executive branches of government must check and balance each other. But other… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
I've been very blessed, I think, or what do you call it... mmm... lucky to get at this stage what I have.… — Katrina Kaif Copy Share Image
I thought I was going to be a ballet dancer for awhile there. I had a good teacher at Interlochen, this arts'… — Benjamin Walker Copy Share Image
I didn't speak a single word of English when I was told that I was one of the lucky students been selected… — Li Cunxin Copy Share Image
...Started by missionaries in 1841, Punahou Academy had grown into a prestigious prep school, an incubator for island elites...It hadn't been easy… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
They [academy writing programs] have no concept that the world has changed, that publishing has changed, that filmmaking has changed, and if… — Tod Goldberg Copy Share Image
It reflects no great honor on a painter to be able to execute only one thing well -- such as a head,… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
And as I grew older, I then auditioned for the Royal Academy of Music in London, and they said, well, no, we… — Evelyn Glennie Copy Share Image
Like any self-governing group of people, the Recording Academy has made missteps over the years. Still, it has corrected course and done… — Shawn Amos Copy Share Image
Our strategy [at Chelsea] is to bring up our own players through the academy, which we have invested a lot in, and… — Roman Abramovich Copy Share Image
We need to take on the new media, and in terms of power and public pedagogy, we need to organize a whole… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
At the Academy Awards every year, there are best-dressed stars - and worst-dressed stars. But it's the worst-dressed that go down in… — Brad Goreski Copy Share Image
The National Academy of Sciences would be unable to give a unanimous decision if asked whether the sun would rise tomorrow. — Paul R. Ehrlich Copy Share Image
I went to Cal Arts and AFI, and I worked on 'Bonfire Of The Vanities.' I got this grant from the Academy… — Douglas Rushkoff Copy Share Image
While I was studying film at the Academy, the problems started. I wasn't a political activist directly in the time of Saddam… — Hassan Blasim Copy Share Image
I had no idea that such a thing could happen. It never occurred to me.My son told me. He called me and… — Angela Lansbury Copy Share Image
I began filmmaking in high school, at the Chicago Academy for the Arts. My first documentary was about a dysfunctional obese middle-aged… — Yony Leyser Copy Share Image
The POW camps of North Vietnam were packed with Air Force and Naval Academy graduates. The six midshipmen in my Naval Academy… — Jim Webb Copy Share Image
Look at the way the walls curve,' Macey said, her gaze panning around the strangely shaped room. 'it's almost like...' 'The library,'… — Ally Carter Copy Share Image
The public is the tribunal before which all art is judged - not the critics or the academies. The public is the… — Walter J. Phillips Copy Share Image
Don't be pretentious is my first advice to young writers. This is the big problem - just because you're getting an MFA… — Gary Shteyngart Copy Share Image
I was born in Chicago, then I spent most of my youth in Joliet, Illinois which is about thirty minutes south, and… — Adam Rapp Copy Share Image
Purple light passed over the paper, but nothing happened. "Next!" Amy said. She was sure the man in black was going to… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
Firebugs dragging their gasoline bottles are approaching the Academy of Arts, with a grin. And so, instead of embracing them, let us… — Bertolt Brecht Copy Share Image
My picture [A Boat Passing a Lock, 1823-6] is liked at the [Royal] Academy, indeed it forms a decided feature and its… — John Constable Copy Share Image
A whole generation of veteran composers has never taken a stand or provided an example and has produced in the music academies… — Itay Talgam Copy Share Image
Dimitri: "Rose, I'm seven years older than you. In ten years, that won't mean so much, but for now, it's huge. I'm… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
“Step Up Academy offers a conducive, encouraging, comfortable environment for children to step up their learning and achieve success. Our students progress… — Kerthiga Manokumar Copy Share Image
“Service academies are not just colleges with a uniform dress code. Their purpose is to prepare you for one profession alone, and… — John McCain Copy Share Image
Steve MCQueen created an entire family to tell one man's tale and I am delighted that so many of this family have… — Chiwetel Ejiofor Copy Share Image
Now there are reports that Osama bin Laden would like to commit suicide on television. This is the kind of lead-in I… — David Letterman Copy Share Image
I certainly never intended for myself an academic career and, were the academy to suffer, I'd just go do something else. I… — Clay Shirky Copy Share Image
![“n. An ancient school where morality and philosophy were taught. ACADEMY, n. [from ACADEME] A modern school where football is taught.” quote by Ambrose Bierce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f9b/ambrose-bierce-140_education_n-an-ancient-school-where-morality-and-p_1177688.jpg)
![“They [academy writing programs] have no concept that the world has changed, that publishing has changed, that filmmaking has changed, and if you're not constantly looking at your education model and adjusting for the change, you'll find yourself teaching antiquity. Like all of these programs that…” quote by Tod Goldberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/986/tod-goldberg-17468_academy_they-academy-writing-programs-have-no-co_2761817.jpg)
![“Our strategy [at Chelsea] is to bring up our own players through the academy, which we have invested a lot in, and hope it gives results” quote by Roman Abramovich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5bc/roman-abramovich-20034_academy_our-strategy-at-chelsea-is-to-bring-up-o_1371770.png)
![“While I was studying film at the Academy, the problems started. I wasn't a political activist directly in the time of Saddam [Hussein], because the dictator was so cruel and brutal that no one could criticize or complain. I felt futile and empty. The only solution in Iraq was to run away.” quote by Hassan Blasim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e9/hassan-blasim-14317_academy_while-i-was-studying-film-at-the-academy_1714157.jpg)
![“My picture [A Boat Passing a Lock, 1823-6] is liked at the [Royal] Academy, indeed it forms a decided feature and its light can not be put out. Because it is the light of nature - the Mother of all that is valuable in poetry - painting or anything else... my execution annoys most of them and all…” quote by John Constable](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f10/john-constable-11301_academy_my-picture-a-boat-passing-a-lock-1823-6_1324899.jpg)
