"Academic education is the act of memorizing things……" — Elbert Hubbard
"Academic education is the act of memorizing things read in books, and things told by college professors who got their education mostly by memorizing things read in books."
More Academic Quotes
- Doctoral training is devoted almost entirely to learning to do research, even though most Ph.Ds who enter academic life spend… — Derek Bok
- A lot of things look good on an academic's blackboard in terms of the actions that need to be taken.… — John O. Brennan
- Academic and aristocratic people live in such an uncommon atmosphere that common sense can rarely reach them. — Samuel Butler
- I am not an academic who happens to have written a novel. I am a novelist who happens to be… — A. S. Byatt
- I did a lot of my writing as though I was an academic, doing some piece of research as perfectly… — A. S. Byatt
- In the academic world, most of the work that is done is clerical. A lot of the work done by… — Noam Chomsky
- The acceptance of the facts of African-American history and the African-American historian as a legitimate part of the academic community… — John Henrik Clarke
- I hope telling stories though 'Making a Difference' - as in my academic work and nonprofit work - will help… — Chelsea Clinton
- All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price. — Juvenal
- With the states release today of a set of clear and consistent academic standards, our nation is one step closer… — Bill Gates
- Human intelligence is richer and more dynamic than we have been led to believe by formal academic education. — Ken Robinson
- School feeding not only fills stomachs, but has a proven track record of boosting enrollment, attendance and academic performance. For… — Drew Barrymore