American universities Quote by John Kenneth Galbraith

Some of the beauty of a university is that every professor is given a lot of autonomy over what he or she does. That's…

— Sal Khan

I often have said that to be a college president, you need a thick skin, a good sense of humor, and nerves like sewer…

— Gordon Gee

A college president is like the lawn mower at a cemetary: he has a lot of people under him, but they don't pay much…

— Steven Sample

I'm not impressed with presidents. I have met a few, but I'm not impressed with them.

— Emeril Lagasse

We've all had classes with a professor so bland and monotone that their lectures sound like Mitt Romney reading 'Paradise Lost' from a blown…

— Sean Evans

I've never heard anybody [of president's candidates] talk about the poorly educated.

— Chris Matthews

If you become president, you're guaranteed to develop some nervous habit.

— Rich Little

At best, most college presidents are running something that is somewhere between a faltering corporation and a hotel.

— Leon Botstein

As we talk about the need to foster academic achievement, we must recognize and reward those who strive academically, just as we honor athletic…

— Brad Sherman

It is possible to be dumb and be a college president.

— Andy Rooney

All modern U.S. presidents are perforce politicians, prisoners of their past pronouncements, their party, their constituency, and their colleagues.

— Tony Judt

I like university professors, but you know, we shouldn't hold them up as the high-water mark of all human achievement. They're just a form…

— Ken Robinson