Academic Quotes

460 quotes by 399 authors

I like roles that are on the extreme ends of the spectrum, and there's special appeal in exploring these slightly forgotten plays that people might… — Geoffrey Rush
Nobody wants to be a lawyer - it's hard work. But it was kind of my academic route. — Vinny Guadagnino
What I want you to do is just take it as it is. Don't think too much. If you get involved with thinking about it,… — Masaaki Hatsumi
I instantly chucked my academic ambitions and began writing fiction full-time. — Peter Straub
I was born to a Nigerian dad and a Kenyan mom, and coming to the States was really academic. — Dayo Okeniyi
Most academic economists know nothing of economy. In fact, they know little of anything. — Edward Abbey
There will have to be rigid and iron discipline before we achieve anything great and enduring, and that discipline will not come by mere academic… — Mahatma Gandhi
There's no difference between lyrics and poetry. Words are words. The only difference is the people who are in academic positions and call themselves poets… — Van Morrison
At the end of your lives you will not be judged by academic successes, the degrees or diplomas earned, the positions held, the material wealth… — Howard W. Hunter
This is an historic day for American public education and for our nation as we begin the journey to level the academic playing field for… — Unknown Author
The argument that the two parties should represent opposed ideals and policies, one, perhaps, of the Right and the other of the Left, is a… — Carroll Quigley
When the students were asked to identify their race on a pretest questionnaire, that simple act was sufficient to prime them with all the negative… — Malcolm Gladwell
No one must say that they cannot be close to the poor because their own lifestyle demands more attention to other areas. This is an… — Pope Francis
I no longer have the terrible nightmares that I used to have. Mao had just died in 1976, and China began to open up. For… — Jung Chang
The real scientific study of the distribution of wealth has, we must confess, scarcely begun. The conventional academic study of the so-called theory of distribution… — Irving Fisher
Feminism as a movement for political and social equity is important, but feminism as an academic clique committed to eccentric doctrines about human nature is… — Steven Pinker
I don't have the notion that everybody has to write in some single academic style — Clifford Geertz
Given the way universities work to reinforce and perpetuate the status quo, the way knowledge is offered as commodity, Women's Studies can easily become the… — Bell Hooks
Academic staff rather enjoy coming to conclusions, but they don't like coming to decisions at all. — Unknown Author
But the vast majority of books ever written are not accessible to anyone except the most tenacious researchers at premier academic libraries. Books written after… — Sergey Brin

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