Academic Quote by Noam Chomsky Download Open image “The reason academic disputes are so vicious is that so little is at stake.” — Noam Chomsky ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.8 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Academic Disputes Littles Reason Stakes Vicious
University politics are vicious precisely because the stakes are so small. — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
Competition in academia is so vicious because the stakes are so small. — Laurence J. Peter Copy Share Image
“The reason that university politics is so vicious is because stakes are so small” — Henry Kissinger Copy Share Image
I think it's really unfortunate that academics have been sidelined in most important policy debates. — Juan Cole Copy Share Image
“In some quarters, and particularly among those who comment on these matters in in political circles or in the media or the blogosphere or… — Stefan Collini Copy Share Image
This is a large part of the academic profession: to make up complex, subtle arguments that are childishly ridiculous but are enveloped in sufficient… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“Not to pick a fight with any post-structuralist critics or anything like that, but a certain frame of mind can only tolerate that kind… — Christian Rudder Copy Share Image
All too often, academic departments defend their territory with the passion of cornered animals, though with far less justification. — Bruce Jackson Copy Share Image
Our whole educational system, from the elementary schools to the universities, is increasingly turning out people who have never heard enough conflicting arguments to… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
You know how much I am inclined to explain all disputes among philosophical schools as merely verbal disputes or at least to derive them… — Moses Mendelssohn Copy Share Image
However judicious academics may be - not like me - they are all taught to see through crap. — Mary Beard Copy Share Image
In the end, the humanities can only be defended by stressing how indispensable they are; and this means insisting on their vital role in… — Terry Eagleton Copy Share Image
The costs of the Bush-Obama wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are now estimated to run as high as $4.4 trillion - a major victory… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
If you believe in democracy, why shouldn't you know what the government is doing? — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
It’s a shameful moment for U.S. media when it insists on being subservient to the grotesque propaganda agencies of a violent, aggressive state. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
There are questions as to whether it should even exist. Who should corporations be responsive to, the management of a corporation? Theoretically they are… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Governments regard their own citizens as their main enemy, and they have to be - protect themselves. That's why you have state secret laws.… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I don't join the New Atheists. So, for example, I wouldn't have the arrogance to lecture some mother who hopes to see her dying… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The first thing you ought to do is verify what I present. Just because I say it doesn't make it true. So check it… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I wrote an article about the marine landing [in Haiti] right away, but barely mentioned the oil, because my article would come out two… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
American society is now remarkably atomized. Political organizations have collapsed. In fact, it seems like even bowling leagues are collapsing. The left has a… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Discovery is the ability to be puzzled by simple things. Noam Chomsky — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
There's an interesting book about that called The Third Reich and the Ivory Tower, written by Stephen H. Norwood. It has a long discussion… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
This is class war on an international scale, and power is in the hands of those who control the international economic system. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
When I went to college, as much as my parents emphasized academic achievement, they emphasized marriage even more. They told me that the most… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
Instead of explaining the sober facts of mechanics and electricity, I want to say a few words about the debt which we owe to… — Felix Bloch Copy Share Image
The Carnegie Foundation is well aware of the fact that their reports frequently find their way to dusty archives in academic institutions, but occasionally… — C. Everett Koop Copy Share Image
Marx, however imperfectly he worked out the details, set himself the task of discovering the law of motion of capitalism, and if there is… — Joan Robinson Copy Share Image
Now know I well what people sought formerly above all else when they sought Teachers of virtue. Good sleep they sought for themselves, and… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Because my graduate academic training at law school was not one that included most of the intellectual traditions I find useful for understanding the… — Dean Spade Copy Share Image
An academic discipline, or any other semiotic domain, for that matter, is not primarily content, in the sense of facts and principles. It is… — James Paul Gee Copy Share Image
“In the end, ethical interpretation of the Bible means to think critically about how our practices of textual engagement might help us to become… — Walter Brueggemann Copy Share Image
Perhaps art criticism cannot be reformed in a logical sense because it was never well-formed in the first place. Art criticism has long been… — James Elkins Copy Share Image
And I'm the first one to tell people to break the rules. But you can only break the rules once you know what the… — Tim Gunn Copy Share Image
Nietzsche's ideas and plans: for example, the idea of giving up the whole wretched academic world to form a secular monastic community. — Karl Jaspers Copy Share Image
Quality afterschool programs provide safe, engaging and fun learning experiences to help children and youth develop their social, emotional, physical, cultural and academic skills. — Debbie Stabenow Copy Share Image