Lectures Quotes

268 quotes by 239 authors

It is one of the noblest duties of a university to advance knowledge, and to diffuse it not merely among those who can attend the… — Daniel Coit Gilman
Most people can tire of a lecture in fifteen minutes, clever people can do it in five, and sensible people don't go to lectures at… — Stephen Leacock
Lecture is the transfer of the notes of the lecturer to the notes of the student without passing through either. — Eric Mazur
A Writer says: read what I have written An historian says: listen to my lecture A critic says: listen to what I think A journalist… — Gideon Haigh
I recall once saying that when I had given the same lecture several times I couldn't help feeling that they really ought to know it… — John Edensor Littlewood
Life with a scientist who is often changing jobs and is frequently away at meetings and on lecture tours is not easy. Without a secure… — John Pople
All the time our union was progressing very nicely. There were lectures to make us understand what trades unionism is and our real position in… — Rose Schneiderman
Live in the fields, and God will give you lectures on natural philosophy every day. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
If you want to be the most popular person in your class, whenever the professor pauses in his lecture, just let out a big snort… — Jack Handey
Dictatorship is a constant lecture instructing you that your feelings, your thoughts and desires are of no account, that you are a nobody and must… — Stephen Vizinczey
You will also allow me to thank the Academy for inviting me to lecture in Stockholm, for its hospitality, and for the opportunity afforded me… — Guglielmo Marconi
Sometimes at lectures I am asked: how would the champions of the last century play today? I think that, after making a hurried study of… — David Bronstein
I didn't go to the lectures. My valet, who was more distinguished than I, went instead. — Witold Gombrowicz
Finish this lecture, go outside, and unexpectedly get gored by an elephant, and you are going to secrete glucocorticoids. There's no way out of it.… — Robert M. Sapolsky
I like what I'm doing. Today at 88, I wouldn't think of quitting because I can't think of anything else I would rather do. And… — Art Linkletter
You won't catch me giving clear lectures. — Donald A. Norman
In Philadelphia, I inadvertently came upon an edition of Robert Ingersoll's Essays and Lectures. This was an exciting discovery; his atheism confirmed my own belief… — Charlie Chaplin
If you were to show me your current financial plan, would I get so excited by it that I would go across the country and… — Jim Rohn
Lectures often confuse our kids, but the example we set is crystal clear. — Zig Ziglar
Don't lecture someone on their choices when you don't know their story. — Jacob Gates

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