Professors Quotes

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His students were hardly in a position to tell him when he was getting windy, and he had recently noticed, as most professors did after… — Aaron Elkins
Professors simply can't discuss a thing. Habit compels them to deliver a lecture. — Hal Boyle
Yet as I cast my eye over the whole course of science I behold instances of false science, even more pretentious and popular than that… — Arthur Lynch
Tell me, you vain professor, when did you shed a tear for the deadness, hardness, unbelief, or earthliness of your heart? Do you think that… — John Flavel
My parents are both college professors, and it made me want to question authority, standards and traditions. — Maya Lin
In the end, excellence in education means excellence in teaching, and if this country would give the status to first grade teachers that we give… — Ernest L. Boyer
Bart Giamatti did not grow up (as he had dreamed) to play second base for the Red Sox. He became a professor at Yale, and… — David Halberstam
We can trust our doctors to be professional, to minister equally to their patients without regard to their political or religious beliefs. But we can… — David Horowitz
I have chosen for my emblem a Star, representing the Virgin Mary, and the Eucharist. Those who know me as a professor of theology will… — Nicolas Cotugno
There are no enemies in science, professor, only phenomena to study. — Charles Lederer
Professor Brown: 'Since this slide was made,' he opined, 'My students have re-examined the errant points and I am happy to report that all fall… — Herbert C. Brown
I used to tell the story about as a young man in high school one of the professors came in and put a broad white… — Kofi Annan
...the prominent Egyptian government minister, university professor, and writer Taha Hussein...devoted himself to the study of pre-Islamic Arabian poetry and ended up concluding that much… — Toby Lester
Ex-Professor Moriarty of mathematical celebrity... is the Napoleon of crime, Watson. — Arthur Conan Doyle
I am opposed to writing about the private lives of living authors and psychoanalyzing them while they are alive. Criticism is getting all mixed up… — Ernest Hemingway
And it does no harm to repeat, as often as you can, 'Without me the literary industry would not exist: the publishers, the agents, the… — Doris Lessing
I also believe that academic freedom should protect the right of a professor or student to advocate Marxism, socialism, communism, or any other minority viewpoint… — Richard M. Nixon
A few years ago I met an old professor at the University of Notre Dame. Looking back on his long life of teaching, he said… — Henri Nouwen
Once I had a professor say to me, "You know you have as much education as a lot of white people." I answered, "Doctor, I… — Joycelyn Elders
Professors known as outstanding lecturers do two things; they use a simple plan and many examples. — Wilbert J. McKeachie

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