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University Quotes by Harold Bloom
- Reading the very best writers—let us say Homer, Dante, Shakespeare, Tolstoy—is not going to make us better citizens. Art is perfectly useless, according to the…
- The world gets older, without getting either better or worse and so does literature. But I do think that the drab current phenomenon that passes…
- Dark influences from the American past congregate among us still. If we are a democracy, what are we to make of the palpable elements of…
- Criticism in the universities, I'll have to admit, has entered a phase where I am totally out of sympathy with 95% of what goes on.…
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- I haven't been silent. I teach, I lecture at universities, I write, I'm not silent. — Bill Ayers
- It will be readily admitted, that a degree conferred by an university, ought to be a pledge to the public that he… — Charles Babbage
- Shockingly, a University of Pennsylvania study says the number of young people addicted to gambling - largely due to increased exposure to… — Spencer Bachus
- The chief role of the universities is to prolong adolescence into middle age, at which point early retirement ensures that we lack… — J. G. Ballard
- I still have some of my old University essays, and I do still have my drawing book from primary year seven. — Iain Banks
- I never went to university. I'm self-educated. I didn't go because I was too impatient, too arrogant. — John Banville
- When I was in school, my mother stressed education. I am so glad she did. I graduated from Yale College and Yale… — Angela Bassett
- Dublin university contains the cream of Ireland: Rich and thick. — Samuel Beckett
- At Oxford University, I studied languages so I could read the great novels as they were originally written. I took what in… — Kate Beckinsale
- I graduated from the University of Delaware with a double major in history and political science. — Joe Biden
- Students now arrive at the university ignorant and cynical about our political heritage, lacking the wherewithal to be either inspired by it… — Allan Bloom
- Again and again, universities have put a low priority on the very programs and initiatives that are needed most to increase productivity… — Derek Bok