College Quote by P. J. O'Rourke Download Open image “Earnestness is stupidity sent to college.” — P. J. O'Rourke ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.1 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare College Earnestness Sent Stupidity
Nonsense, when earnest, is impressive, and sometimes takes you in. If you are in a hurry, you occasionally mistake it for sense. — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
I think the word 'earnest' kind of has a negative connotation on some level. I think one of the things that's happened is that… — Josh Radnor Copy Share Image
In the matter of learning, the difference between the earnest and the careless student stands out clearly. The same holds true in the mastering… — Saint Ignatius Copy Share Image
I gloomily came to the ironic conclusion that if you take a highly intelligent person and give them the best possible, elite education, then… — Halton Arp Copy Share Image
In the faculty of writing nonsense, stupidity is no match for genius. — Walter Bagehot Copy Share Image
No earnest thinker is a plagiarist pure and simple. He will never borrow from others that which he has not already, more or less,… — Charles Kingsley Copy Share Image
“Students, well intentioned or otherwise, are poorly served by the idea that students and teachers are intellectual and social equals and that a student’s… — Thomas M. Nichols Copy Share Image
A fool's brain digests philosophy into folly, science into superstition, and art into pedantry. Hence University education. — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
Academic disciplines are subject to being overtaken by attacks of "knowingness"- a state of mind and soul that prevents shudders of awe and makes… — Richard Rorty Copy Share Image
The lopsided attitudes of college professors pose a serious challenge to learning because students are so susceptible to becoming lopsided sheep. — Suzanne Fields Copy Share Image
In comparative terms, there's no poverty in America by a long shot. Heritage Foundation political scientist Robert Rector has worked up figures showing that… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
The Democrats said, "We don't know what's wrong with America, but we can fix it." The Republicans said, "There's nothing wrong with America, and… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
At Epcot Center the Disney corporation has focused its attention on two things greatly in need of Disneyfication: the tedious future and the annoying… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
So-called Western Civilization, as practised in half of Europe, some of Asia and a few parts of North America, is better than anything else… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
My whole family can talk. They are all car salesmen. They are all funny. — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
It was Ronald Reagan who used to say that the 10 most frightening words in the English language are, "I'm from the federal government,… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
Gun violence has cost us too many political leaders, and hardly ever the worst ones. — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
Pete Seeger is a modest, unassuming, cheerful, and kind-natured man. He's a good folk singer, if you can stand folk singing. And he's such… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
Journalists are notoriously easy to kid. All you have to do is speak to a journalist in a very serious tone of voice, and… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
I like to think of my behavior in the sixties as a 'learning experience.' Then again, I like to think of anything stupid I've… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
I'll be 56 this year, I've got two kids, and I think it's probably time to go back to writing one-glove jokes. — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
I made, like, five movies while I was in college. I think they just weren't memorable movies. I've taken breaks as the years have… — Jodie Foster Copy Share Image
My first ever job after college was as a flight attendant. I wanted to travel and could not afford it, so I decided to… — Jacqueline Winspear Copy Share Image
There's no authoritarian structure at Reed College, but the education is conservative. So what you have is a lot of students who are very… — Donald Miller Copy Share Image
It was only when I started making short films in college and I was looking for girls to play the me-ish parts that I… — Lena Dunham Copy Share Image
I do not believe in public shaming. I do believe that young adults go to college to learn things, and that this process will… — Gene Weingarten Copy Share Image
Some people, you know, should just go to college and do what they do and have a great job and not worry about trying… — John Legend Copy Share Image
I was totally sober in college and really, really focused. I just took the time when other people might be partying and just made… — K. Flay Copy Share Image
In college we didn't pass block the way they do in the pros - they played the I-formation at Wisconsin. — Mike Webster Copy Share Image
Plant flowers in others' gardens and your life becomes a bouquet! Submitted by Lisa Letto, Coordinator, Nutrition Resource and Volunteer Centre, College of Pharmacy… — Rabindranath Tagore Copy Share Image
The number of poor, and poorly prepared, students who succeed in college and beyond undercuts the simplistic notion that economic or educational disadvantage is… — Roland Merullo Copy Share Image
Doing away with separate black colleges meets resistance from alumni and other blacks. — Constance Baker Motley Copy Share Image
