Professors Quotes

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After all, if you believe that no one was ever corrupted by a book, you also have to believe that no one was ever improved… — Irving Kristol
If the professors of English will complain to me that the students who come to the universities, after all those years of study, still cannot… — Richard P. Feynman
...in the negative part of Professor's Hayek's thesis there is a great deal of truth. It cannot be said too often - at any rate,… — George Orwell
The sporting houses needed professors, and we had so many different styles that... it wouldn't make any difference that you just came from . .… — Jelly Roll Morton
I am reminded of the professor who, in his declining hours, was asked by his devoted pupils for his final counsel. He replied, 'Verify your… — Winston Churchill
I never fully understood it till my friend Professor Tolkien asked me the very simple question, 'What class of men would you expect to be… — C.S. Lewis
Professors of Greek forget or are unaware that Thomas Aquinas, who did not know Greek, was a better interpreter of Aristotle than any of them… — Allan Bloom
There is one thing a professor can be absolutely certain of: almost every student entering the university believes, or says he believes, that truth is… — Allan Bloom
I would have all the professors in colleges, all the teachers in schools of every kind, including those in Sunday schools, agree that they would… — Robert Green Ingersoll
I wasn't a normal professor. I had worked in government. I hadn't written nine zillion books. I was a hands-on professor. — Madeleine Albright
If I were founding a university I would begin with a smoking room; next a dormitory; and then a decent reading room and a library.… — Stephen Leacock
When eras die, their legacies Are left to strange police. Professors in New England guard The glory that was Greece. — Clarence Day
In the summer of 1965 I was invited to join Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio and returned to academic life as professor with the… — George Andrew Olah
Repetita iuvant. Italy, a land of great saints, poets, sailors, artists, statesmen, businessmen, lawyers, intellectuals, professors, journalists, whores, gangsters, religious parasites and dickheads. — William C. Brown
I never thought about becoming a politician. But during the military dictatorship, my grandfather was put in prison six times and my father twice. If… — George Papandreou
There's something melancholy about professors because they're chronically abandoned. They form these lovely relationships with students and then the students leave and the professors stay… — Josh Radnor
When I used to teach civil procedure as a law professor, I would begin the year by telling my students that 'civil procedure is the… — Anne-Marie Slaughter
Want to know the best thing about being a professor? Colored chalk. — Donald Sadoway
Some full professors could more accurately be described as empty professors. — Thomas Sowell
The university is in danger of losing its monopoly, and for good reason. The most visible threat are the new online courses, many of them… — Don Tapscott

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