Academic Quotes

460 Academic quotes by 399 unique authors

With my academic achievement in high school I was accepted rather readily at Princeton and equally as fast at Yale, but my test scores were… — Sonia Sotomayor
The next time some academics tell you how important diversity is, ask how many Republicans there are in their sociology department. — Thomas Sowell
Creating whole departments of ethnic, gender, and other 'studies' was part of the price of academic peace. All too often, these 'studies' are about propaganda… — Thomas Sowell
In terms of individuals who actually inspired me, very few of the academic people that I had access to had that power over me. Maybe… — Twyla Tharp
There were only 75 people in my graduating class at the school I attended in Hannah, S.C. It was a small school and that translated… — Josh Turner
A society that thinks the choice between ways of living is just a choice between equally eligible 'lifestyles' turns universities into academic cafeterias offering junk… — George Will
Academics love to make theories about a body of work, but each book consumes the writer and is the sum of his or her world. — Jeanette Winterson
In common with many others in the varied branches of our profession, my academic education is subnormal. — Loretta Young
Academic success depends on research and publications. — Philip Zimbardo
Careers in virtually all academic disciplines are fostered by being a superstar who knows more about one subject than anyone else in the world. — Philip Zimbardo
I look at Google and think they have a strong academic culture. Elegant solutions to complex problems. — Mark Zuckerberg
A literary academic can no more pass a bookstore than an alcoholic can pass a bar. — Carolyn Heilbrun
Life without music is unthinkable. Life without music is academic. That is why my contact with music is a total embrace. — Leonard Bernstein
Under the discipline of unity, knowledge and morality come together. No longer can we have that paltry 'objective' knowledge so prized by the academic specialists.… — Wendell Berry
What is today a matter of academic speculation begins tomorrow to move armies and pull down empires. — John Gresham Machen
[M]an has been accustomed, ever since he was a boy, to having a dozen incompatible philosophies dancing about together inside his head. He doesn't think… — C.S. Lewis
I think the big mistake in schools is trying to teach children anything, and by using fear as the basic motivation. Fear of getting failing… — Stanley Kubrick
To be a writer you have to write -- and no academic degree is going to do the writing for you. — Michelle Richmond
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good talks. But being considered the best speaker in the computer science department is like being known… — Randy Pausch
Dr. Ambrose himself told Mark Nechtr...that the problem with young people, starting sometime in about the 1960s, is that they tend to live too intensely… — David Foster Wallace

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