Academically Quotes

39 quotes by 38 authors

I am not an academic who happens to have written a novel. I am a novelist who happens to be quite good academically. — A. S. Byatt
There is a huge boom in autism right now because inattentive mothers and competitive dads want an explanation for why their dumb-ass kids can't compete… — Denis Leary
If the traditional Rs (reading, writing, and arithmetic) are the basics that we want our children to master academically, then reverence, respect, and responsibility are… — Zoe Weil
I was a nerd academically. But I was also an athlete and a musician. I never wanted to be shut out of any situation. I… — Brian McKnight
All the rest of us - you and me and even the thousands of soldiers behind the lines in Africa - we want terribly yet… — Ernie Pyle
I found a certain kind of music congenial to me; it never occurred to me to write music that was academically acceptable. — Carlisle Floyd
Once they arrive, affirmative action kids are generally left to sink or swim academically. Brown (University) offers plenty of counseling and tutoring to struggling students,… — Ron Suskind
The big shock of my life was Abstract Expressionism - Pollock, de Kooning, those guys. It changed my work. I was an academically trained student,… — LeRoy Neiman
Recent decades clearly demonstrate that the more secular our Public Schools become the less successful they become academically. — David Barton
People can do more than they ever believe they can do. Physically, mentally, academically. You have to be pushed. It hurts. But it's worth it,… — Sugar Ray Leonard
I never felt I was quite the ticket academically. I always felt I had to put in an enormous amount of effort not to be… — Emily Mortimer
As we talk about the need to foster academic achievement, we must recognize and reward those who strive academically, just as we honor athletic champions.… — Brad Sherman
I've always been incredibly proud of both of my parents and proud of the work I had done privately as a person, professionally and academically. — Chelsea Clinton
Professors typically spend their time in meetings about planning, policy, proposals, fund-raising, consulting, interviewing, traveling, and so forth, but spend relatively little time at their… — Niklaus Wirth
I struggled academically throughout elementary school — Benjamin Carson
Genetic theories, I gather, have been cherished academically with detachment. — Allen Tate
I was very academically inclined. But my inner life was in such turmoil. I'd go home and my home life was so miserable that it… — Sonja Sohn
Girls are more academically powerful. They make the grades, they run the student activities, they are the valedictorians. — Christina Hoff Sommers
I don't think anyone will deny that girls are academically superior as a group. — Christina Hoff Sommers
I thought I was gonna be an attorney, so I went to Dartmouth and I was a government major and I minored in environmental policy,… — Aisha Tyler

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