However Quote by Mary Beard

Academics are, on average, pussies.

— David Buss

The most ingenious men are now agreed, that [universities] are only nurseries of prejudice, corruption, barbarism, and pedantry.

— George Berkeley

There is this tremendous body of knowledge in the world of academia where extraordinary numbers of incredibly thoughtful people have taken the time to…

— Malcolm Gladwell

It looks like the thing that separates out the capable students from the really successful ones is not so much their knowledge...but their persistence…

— Eric Schmidt

And many to study so much are inclined, that utterly they fall out of their mind.

— Alexander Barclay

Nothing annoys academics more than pointing out how little time they actually spend teaching students.

— Charlie Sykes

Although I went to college as a youth, I never considered it necessary to steep oneself in academic learning, in order to learn how…

— Luther Burbank

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

Some people stay in the academic world just to avoid becoming self-aware. You can quote me on that.

— Michael McKean

Highly educated young people are tutored, taught and monitored in all aspects of their lives, except the most important, which is character building. When…

— David Brooks

That is still the case in this country for too many students, the soft bigotry of low expectations. If you don't expect them to…

— Tavis Smiley

Professors go batty too, perhaps more often than other people, although owing to their profession, their madness is less often remarked.

— Michael Gruber