Appearance Quote by Muriel Beadle

The learned are seldom pretty fellows, and in many cases their appearance tends to discourage a love of study in the young.

— H. L. Mencken

“This faulty model places the professional minister at the center and makes gaining and retaining students the goal. In the case of student ministry,…

— Timothy Paul Jones

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

“Academia is an odd place. Stately buildings and ivy, wrought iron fences, and libraries fragrant with the smell of old books. Young people scurry…

— John Donohue

“The art of handling university students is to make oneself appear, and this almost ostentatiously, to be treating them as adults...”

— Arnold Joseph Toynbee

Undergraduates today can select from a swathe of identity studies.... The shortcoming of all these para-academic programs is not that they concentrate on a…

— Tony Judt

Universities are renowned for their tolerance of unusual characters, especially if they show originality and dedication to their research. I have often made the…

— Tony Attwood

What we're always looking for in students is who they are, and I think that's something that happens on the 'Sewing Bee.'

— Esme Young

I feel as if most people are pretty much the same within a certain class, due to the schools they attend and the way…

— Tina Barney

When professors expect a few dozen students and hundreds show up, it's a mixed blessing. While it's a testament to their popularity, it also…

— Parker Conrad

The use of a university is to make young gentlemen as unlike their fathers as possible.

— Woodrow Wilson

Fraternity has subtleties.

— Fernando Pessoa