The law is a sort of hocus-pocus science, that smiles in yer face while it picks yer pocket; and the glorious uncertainty… — Charles Macklin Copy Share Image
I was now at a university in New York, a professor of existential psychology with the not inconsiderable thesis that magic, dread,… — Norman Mailer Copy Share Image
Seminary also introduced me to the historical study of Jesus and Christian origins. I learned from my professors and the readings they… — Marcus Borg Copy Share Image
I have a lot of nice Italian winter clothes that make me look like a sophisticated Lebanese professor, so my friend Robert… — Alexei Sayle Copy Share Image
Descartes, the father of modern philosophy ... would never-so he assures us-have been led to construct his philosophy if he had had… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Professors go batty too, perhaps more often than other people, although owing to their profession, their madness is less often remarked. — Michael Gruber Copy Share Image
Rather take that moral sense and apply it to the particulars of a job that is going to test those ethical and… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I was at a speaking engagement for MIT... and I said, 'The Professor has all sorts of degrees, including one from this… — Russell Johnson Copy Share Image
Oh, Professor Lyall, are you making a funny? It doesn’t suit you.” The sandy-haired Beta gave Lady Maccon a dour look. “I… — Gail Carriger Copy Share Image
The President's science advisor, who is a former Harvard professor named Holdren, is involved in the email scandals and covering up the… — Jim Sensenbrenner Copy Share Image
Academic education is the act of memorizing things read in books, and things told by college professors who got their education mostly… — Elbert Hubbard Copy Share Image
After all, if you believe that no one was ever corrupted by a book, you also have to believe that no one… — Irving Kristol Copy Share Image
A practitioner in panegyric, or, to speak more plainly, a professor of the art of puffing. — Richard Brinsley Sheridan Copy Share Image
[David] Mamet is another hypocrite. His idea of Black man is a pimp who abuses women, [Edmond], yet his play Oleanna [1994]… — Ishmael Reed Copy Share Image
The radicals...want speech regulated by codes that proscribe certain language. They see free speech as at best a delusion, at worst a… — Russell Jacoby Copy Share Image
One time at the University of Colorado, at a faculty dinner, this professor said to me, 'Well, my goodness, a boy from… — Charles Frazier Copy Share Image
“I recall hearing one of my professors in seminary say that one of the best tests of a person's theology was the… — John Piper Copy Share Image
The modern mind will accept nothing on authority, but will accept anything on no authority. Say that the Bible or the Pope… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
When I'm not the Tiger Mom, I'm a professor at Yale Law School, and if one thing is clear to me from… — Amy Chua Copy Share Image
It takes leadership to improve safety. And I started off the movement in my time, but the person who has done more… — Jackie Stewart Copy Share Image
Religion and science both profess peace (and the sincerity of the professors is not being doubted), but each always turns out to… — Howard Nemerov Copy Share Image
My self . . . is a dramatic ensemble. Here a prophetic ancestor makes his appearance. Here a brutal hero shouts. Here… — Paul Klee Copy Share Image
Everything went pitch-black and the next thing I knew, I was being hurled headfirst out of the room!” “And you didn’t see… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I play a female Indiana Jones, a professor who hunts down precious objects, like a bowl that belonged to the Buddha. They… — Tia Carrere Copy Share Image
One thing I point out is, a lot of people tooting the horn of amateurism, actually, these people were professionals. Some are… — Astra Taylor Copy Share Image