Academics Quotes

88 Academics quotes by 82 unique authors

There is a whole school of Canadian academics, media personalities, and politicians whose definition of a Canadian is a North American who fears or dislikes… — Preston Manning
One of the most difficult problems of our age is that leaders, and perhaps academics as well, cannot readily admit that things are out of… — Donald Michael Kraig
When academics claim a topic is obsolete, they mean merely they are tired of flogging it with their cliches. — Kenny Smith
I've felt for some time that economics needs to be taught differently by economists who actually have had experience making a payroll or investing on… — Mark Skousen
In universities and intellectual circles, academics can guarantee themselves popularity -- or, which is just as satisfying, unpopularity -- by being opinionated rather than by… — A. N. Wilson
Copywriters, journalists, mainstream authors, ghostwriters, bloggers and advertising creatives have as much right to think of themselves as good writers as academics, poets, or literary… — Sara Sheridan
Writing about dead white males seems to be out of favor among academics. — Ron Chernow
I think it's really unfortunate that academics have been sidelined in most important policy debates. — Juan Cole
I was 16 and did a play at school. I was a rather good student... And then I did a play when I was 16… — Hank Azaria
Academics don't normally manage to alter people's way of thinking through their strength of argument. — David Crystal
In more than 20 years I've spent studying the issue, I have yet to hear a convincing argument that college football has anything do with… — Buzz Bissinger
Academics act like they are important, but when something is academic it is meaningless. People say, 'It's academic, now let's get work done. — Evan Sayet
It doesn't matter what the income level of your family is, or if English is the first or second language. It makes no difference. The… — Arnold Schwarzenegger
We do not hear the term compassionate applied to business executives or entrepreneurs, certainly not when they are engaged in their normal work. Yet in… — Nathaniel Branden
The idea that academics should remain ''above the fray'' only gives ideologues license to misuse our work. — Stephanie Coontz
My time at Wofford was very dear to me. I chose to go there because the academics were so strong. I could have gone somewhere… — Brenda Jackson
The steady improvement in [home] sales will support price appreciation...[despite] all the wild projections by academics, Wall Street analysts, and others in the media. — David Lereah
Without commenting on the legal aspects, which I'm not capable of doing, those are lifestreams and there are other companies that have done similar things.… — David Gelernter
By the time I entered high school, I had forsaken academics altogether in favor of my burgeoning acting career. — Michael J. Fox
My parents started with very little and were the only ones in their families to graduate from college. As parents, they focused on education, but… — Jennifer Garner
I'm the world's expert on sterotypes held by academics about athletes and held by athletes about academics. To me, both of them are caricatures. — A. Bartlett Giamatti
I have a different starting premise from those 100 academics who are so heavily invested in the regime of low expectations and narrow horizons which… — Michael Gove
It's so easy for a kid to join a gang, to do drugs... we should make it that easy to be involved in football and… — Snoop Dogg
I still feel threatened by academics, but my books have a lot of academic in-jokes and everybody assumes I went to university and studied English. — Jasper Fforde
I'm not one of those professors whose office is encased floor-to-ceiling with books. By the way, I think academics do this to intimidate their visitors. — Gary Hamel

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