Being Quote by Mary Beard

One great pleasure of being an academic is the ability to trade in ideas with your colleagues and students; it is not much fun…

— Abhijit Banerjee

An academic is what I would have been if I hadn't been successful as a comedian. I've never had a proper job.

— David Baddiel

The academic life is wonderful. That's why people love to do research.

— Michael Marmot

I've always loved being a student.

— Elizabeth Olsen

It's like, if I had the luxury of choice, and didn't have to worry about making a living, I would definitely want to get…

— Mitchell Hurwitz

Part of me always assumed I would be an academic...I still do love academics and university settings, and have so much respect for the…

— Sarah Wayne Callies

In college you have the license to do things you'll never do again, so have fun with it.

— Thom Filicia

It's a privilege to go and have fun and do what you're passionate about for a living.

— Justin Lin

I could have seen myself going into academia, but I don't love it; I just like it.

— Mira Sorvino

It's funny, because when I was in college, all my professors said, 'You should do comedy.' And I was like, 'No! No!' But I…

— Rachael Harris

I was foreign and Jewish, with a funny name, and was very small and hated sport, a real problem at an English prep school.…

— Alain de Botton

I wish I'd gone to university. I had the opportunity to go to Oxford but by then I'd already started as a comedian.

— Les Dennis