Academy Quotes

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There is, however, another purpose to which academies contribute. When they consist of a limited number of persons, eminent for their knowledge, it becomes an… — Charles Babbage
Soviet regime in a way deprived me from my childhood in my homeland, because my father was in military, and after the Yalta agreement he… — Mikhail Baryshnikov
We lived, until I was 12 or so, in communal apartment with five different families and the same kitchen, in two little - my brother… — Mikhail Baryshnikov
Academe, n.: An ancient school where morality and philosophy were taught. Academy, n.: A modern school where football is taught. — Ambrose Bierce
I'm a member of the Academy, but I don't know who all the other Academy members are. It's not like a politician who knows who… — Albert Brooks
High school was interesting, because I went from a public school middle school to an academy where the first year we were doing Latin, chemistry,… — Kyle Chandler
Music is my life, professionally, for nearly 60 years. To be recognized by the academy is still the highest honor. — Ray Charles
You've probably noticed already that I'm dressed like a grown-up... I apologize to the Academy, and I promise that I will never do it again. — Cher
That best academy, a mother's knee. — James Russell Lowell
The manager sits down with me; I sit down with the board. We assess the success of the year. The manager assesses whose coming through… — David Gill
Academies that are founded at public expense are instituted not so much to cultivate men's natural abilities as to restrain them. — Baruch Spinoza
When I am dead, let it be said of me: he belonged to no school, to no church, to no institution, to no academy, and… — Gustave Courbet
In all our academies we attempt far too much. ... In earlier times lectures were delivered upon chemistry and botany as branches of medicine, and… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
As science, of necessity, becomes more involved with itself, so also, of necessity, it becomes more international. I am impressed to know that of the… — John F. Kennedy
Every nation has its prestigious military academies - or so few of them - that reach not only the virtues of peace but also the… — Elie Wiesel
All of us in the academy and in the culture as a whole are called to renew our minds if we are to transform educational… — Bell Hooks
The 1911 pistol remains the service pistol of choice in the eyes of those who understand the problem. Back when we audited the FBI academy… — Jeff Cooper
Sir,-The Planet [Neptune] whose position you marked out actually exists. On the day on which your letter reached me, I found a star of the… — Johann Gottfried Galle
The evidence at present available points strongly to the conclusion that the spirals are individual galaxies, or island universes, comparable with our own galaxy in… — Heber Doust Curtis
Chemistry has the same quickening and suggestive influence upon the algebraist as a visit to the Royal Academy, or the old masters may be supposed… — James Joseph Sylvester

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