Academy Quotes · Page 5

They teach in academies far too many things, and far too much that is useless.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

I think the Swedish Academy wished to manifest its solidarity with the living spirit of Greece today.

— Giorgos Seferis

I was suppose to be a Jesuit priest or a naval academy graduate.

— Jimmy Buffett

“My name is Dimitri Belikov. I've come to take you back to St. Vladimir's Academy, Princess.”

— Richelle Mead

I didn't get into film to win Academy Awards. I wanted to have a conversation with the audience.

— Kevin Smith

Scholarship that is indifferent to human suffering is immoral.

— Richard Levins

Music is my life, professionally, for nearly 60 years. To be recognized by the academy is still the highest honor.

— Ray Charles

I guess this proves there are as many nuts in the Academy as anywhere else.

— Jack Nicholson

If you think back , the Academy was doing a better job. Think about how many more African Americans were nominated.We need…

— George Clooney

For me at 16 and 17 years old, I wasn't even playing for the academy teams. I hardly played in the starting…

— Bernardo Silva

'Entourage' is a very, very, very unique acting experience. I could go in to win 1000 Academy Awards, and it would never…

— Kevin Connolly

When I got into the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, a doctor told me to give up the course as I'd be…

— Stephanie Beacham

I studied at the Academy during the years of economic sanctions. Life was almost dead because the sanctions imposed on Iraq by…

— Hassan Blasim

The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition is very difficult to hang because it is so large and the quality is very varied. There…

— Michael Craig-Martin

Money-getters are the benefactors of our race. To them ... are we indebted for our institutions of learning, and of art, our…

— P. T. Barnum

In high school I was voted the girl most likely to become a nun. That may not be impressive to you, but…

— Rita Rudner

The whole awards thing is great. Why? Because the Golden Globes, the Academy Awards, they put a focus on the industry, and…

— Liam Neeson

It's not Cam's fault," Bex told her. "We rigged her bed so that if she gets up, I get an electric shock."…

— Ally Carter

I tell my kids in the Academy at Newcastle to watch Henry. He plays with such a swagger, not an arrogance, and…

— Peter Beardsley

In my more than 60 years as a member of the American scientific community, including service as president of both the National…

— Frederick Seitz

When I graduated from high school, I had artistic and academic scholarships, and I was trying to figure out what to do.…

— Deborah Kara Unger

I don't want to write a mass before being in a state to do it well, that is a Christian. I have…

— Georges Bizet

Even Arnold's adviser says he was shocked by his decision to run. I mean, his people were backstage that night and they…

— Jay Leno

I'm very surprised at Carol didn't get a best picture. Todd Haynes is an Academy darling, his period pieces are nothing short…

— Bun B

I started getting really curious about art. I read about the Dadaists and the Futurists and the Constructivists - those kind of…

— Jeffrey Deitch

The academy is not paradise. But learning is a place where paradise can be created.

— Bell Hooks

For me, the youth academy has a fundamental role in every club.

— Manuel Pellegrini

White people are very good at acting like they're not racist. They deserve an Academy Award for that.

— Paul Mooney

I did ride-alongs and did some firefighter training at the Chicago Fire Academy.

— Jesse Spencer

I've always looked at the world of Umbrella Academy' with the world that I live in.

— Aidan Gallagher

Ninety percent of the members of the Academy of German Law were not members of the Party.

— Hans Frank

I studied at the Budapest Academy of Theatrical Arts for four years and emerged with a degree.

— Bela Lugosi

What does the Academy Award mean? I don’t think it means much of anything.

— Sally Field

In military school, on day one you must memorize the mission of the Merchant Marine Academy.

— Robert Kiyosaki

Of course. Because at the Gallagher Academy, "precautions" usually equals "voluntary shock therapy.

— Ally Carter

I went and lived in Chicago for a year , and I studied at the police academy.

— Gary Oldman

I want to go to police academy, I want to actually go out and make a couple of arrests. I want to…

— Shaquille O'Neal

Let no-one ignorant of geometry enter. Said to have been inscribed above the door of Plato's Academy.

— Plato

Having come through the academy at Southampton I have always been known as the academy boy, the way to go.

— James Ward-Prowse

The teachers who taught me at Dreghorn Primary and Greenwood Academy were fantastic.

— Nicola Sturgeon