Father Quote by Woodrow Wilson

“The use of a university is to make young gentlemen as unlike their fathers as possible. [“The Power of Christian Young Men”, Address at…

— Woodrow Wilson

What is the matter with universities is that the students are school children, whereas it is of the very essence of university education that…

— George Bernard Shaw

The universities are a sort of lunatic asylum for keeping young men out of mischief.

— Mandell Creighton

University: ... a place where rich men send their sons who have no aptitude for business.

— Kin Hubbard

Universities are the cathedrals of the modern age. They shouldn't have to justify their existence by utilitarian criteria.

— David Lodge

Universities are the custodians not only of the many cultures of man, but of the rational process itself.

— Anonymous

Universities are institutions run by amateurs to train professionals.

— Derek Bok

The purpose of a college education is to question your father's values,

— James O. Freedman

Universities are full of Knowledge; the freshmen bring a little in, the seniors take none away, and the knowledge there accumulates

— Abbott Lawrence Lowell

“A university is a human invention for the transmission of knowledge and culture from generation to generation, through the training of quick minds and…

— W.E.B. Du Bois

“In feudal times the aristocracy had sent their sons to university, conferring superiority on the institution. Nowadays it was the other way round: the…

— Ursula K. Le Guin

A university is not, primarily, a place in which to learn how to make a living; it is a place in which to learn…

— Sydney J. Harris