"I tried being a mechanic and I tried……" — Toby Young
"I tried being a mechanic and I tried catering, but I realized I had even less aptitude for semi-skilled labour than for academic work."
More Academic Quotes
- Doctoral training is devoted almost entirely to learning to do research, even though most Ph.Ds who enter academic life spend… — Derek Bok
- A lot of things look good on an academic's blackboard in terms of the actions that need to be taken.… — John O. Brennan
- Academic and aristocratic people live in such an uncommon atmosphere that common sense can rarely reach them. — Samuel Butler
- I am not an academic who happens to have written a novel. I am a novelist who happens to be… — A. S. Byatt
- I did a lot of my writing as though I was an academic, doing some piece of research as perfectly… — A. S. Byatt
- In the academic world, most of the work that is done is clerical. A lot of the work done by… — Noam Chomsky
- The acceptance of the facts of African-American history and the African-American historian as a legitimate part of the academic community… — John Henrik Clarke
- I hope telling stories though 'Making a Difference' - as in my academic work and nonprofit work - will help… — Chelsea Clinton
- All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price. — Juvenal
- With the states release today of a set of clear and consistent academic standards, our nation is one step closer… — Bill Gates
- Human intelligence is richer and more dynamic than we have been led to believe by formal academic education. — Ken Robinson
- School feeding not only fills stomachs, but has a proven track record of boosting enrollment, attendance and academic performance. For… — Drew Barrymore