University Quotes - Page 28

• The tendency to gather and to breed philosophers in universities does not belong to ages of free and humane reflection: it is scholastic and proper to the Middle Ages and to Germany.

  George Santayana

  Reflection, Age, Doe

  George Santayana (2015). “Character and Opinion in the United States”, p.21, Sheba Blake Publishing

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• After Big Media, U.S. colleges and universities are the biggest enemies of the values of red-state Americans.

  Phyllis Schlafly

  College, Media, Enemy

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• After a few months in my parents' basement, I took an apartment near the state university, where I discovered both crystal methamphetamine and conceptual art. Either one of these things are dangerous, but in combination they have the potential to destroy entire civilizations.

  David Sedaris

  Art, Civilization, Parent

  David Sedaris (2000). “Me talk pretty one day”

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• You can't have a university without having free speech, even though at times it makes us terribly uncomfortable. If students are not going to hear controversial ideas on college campuses, they're not going to hear them in America. I believe it's part of their education.

  Donna Shalala

  Believe, College, Ideas

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• Although I'm a business major out of McGill University, I know nothing... but then I found out much later in life, nobody knows anything.

  William Shatner

  Later In Life, Found, Nobody Knows

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• At university I had a big coloured scarf and people would often say, 'All right, Doctor Who?' And, I thought, I rather liked that notion.

  Matt Smith

  Doctors, People, Scarves

  "New Doctor Who Matt Smith was destined for the part because of his dress sense he tells Esquire" by Jody Thompson, www.mirror.co.uk. March 1, 2010.

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• After graduating in engineering I went to the University of Kansas to get an MA in economics as a vehicle for allowing me to decide if I wanted to continue in economics.

  Vernon L. Smith

  Engineering, Kansas, Graduates

  Vernon L. Smith (2008). “Discovery - A Memoir”, p.126, AuthorHouse

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• People don't really know themselves until they're 30. Like most people nowadays, I went to university, got a degree and wandered for a bit. I trained to be a chartered accountant, which I didn't much enjoy, and it was only slowly that the idea of becoming a creative writer gelled.

  Wilbur Smith

  Ideas, People, Creative

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• I was raised in a Bronx public housing project, but studied at two of the nation's finest universities. I did work as an assistant district attorney, prosecuting violent crimes that devastate our communities.

  Sonia Sotomayor

  Two, Community, Assistants

  President Obama Announces Sonia Sotomayor as Supreme Court Nominee, www.washingtonpost.com. May 26, 2009.

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• I was delighted to not go to university. I couldn't wait to be out of education.

  Tom Stoppard

  Waiting, Delighted

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• I am President of the UN created University for Peace, which has a strong commitment to the relationship between peace, security and the environment. I meet with young people around the world and I always come away enthused and encouraged.

  Maurice Strong

  Strong, Commitment, People

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• There's always someone out there training for your spot. For my scholarship at the University of Florida, for my job with the Denver Broncos, for my position with the New York Jets. And that's the reason to get up earlier or stay up later.

  Tim Tebow

  Jobs, New York, Florida

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• I don't expect to go hungry if I decide to leave the University. Resume: Linux looks pretty good in many places.

  Linus Torvalds

  Linux, Looks, Hungry

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• I've been employed by the University of Helsinki, and they've been perfectly happy to keep me employed and doing Linux.

  Linus Torvalds

  Linux, Helsinki, Employed

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• Who is more in touch with the problems of this country? One of those guys who goes off to Oxford or to University of Yale, or someone who has lived in buses, in the Metro, in the street?

  Gloria Trevi

  Country, Yale, Oxford

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• I'm an example of someone who never made it to university. I did have this dream to be a musician. I felt that this dream had an expiration date.

  Eddie Vedder

  Dream, Musician, Example

  "At Emmys, Kimmel jokes about Mitt, Obama" by Caitlin Mcdevitt, www.politico.com. September 24, 2012.

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• I came back from university thinking I knew all about politics and racism, not knowing my dad had been one of the youngest-serving Labour councillors in the town and had refused to work in South Africa years ago because of the situation there. And he's never mentioned it - you just find out. That's a real man to me. A sleeping lion.

  Johnny Vegas

  Dad, Real, Sleep

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• I studied at a university in Florence and finished my degree. My mother was very strict about this recipe: You need to get your degree.

  Donatella Versace

  Mother, Florence, Degrees

  Interview with Nicki Minaj, www.interviewmagazine.com. December 8, 2011.

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• I know somebody from university who's called Phil Collins, and I think there's something terribly unfortunate about sharing a name with somebody who either is famous or becomes famous.

  David Walliams

  Thinking, Names, Unfortunate

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I just feel like if I start opening the door to talking about my university experience, then people just kind of... own everything. There was a lot of stuff a couple of years ago saying that I was bullied at Brown and awful things like that, none of which were true.

  Emma Watson

  Couple, Doors, Talking

  Interview with Emma Rosenblum, www.glamour.com. September 3, 2012.

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• The entertainment industry is pretty nuts, and having had that experience outside of it and going to university has really made a big difference. It's important to me to feel like I have my own life.

  Emma Watson

  Nuts, Differences, Important

  Interview with Emma Rosenblum, www.glamour.com. September 3, 2012.

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• The productivity now at universities is terrible. Tenure is a terrible idea. It keeps them around forever and they don't have to work hard.

  Jack Welch

  Hard Work, Ideas, Forever

  "Piers Morgan Tonight", edition.cnn.com. June 11, 2011.

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• They teach anything in universities today. You can major in mud pies.

  Orson Welles

  College, Pie, Today

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• The task of a university is the creation of the future, so far as rational thought and civilized modes of appreciation can affect the issue.

  Alfred North Whitehead

  Appreciation, College, Issues

  Alfred North Whitehead (1968). “Modes of Thought”, p.171, Simon and Schuster

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• I went to Duke University in the medical track. And then I decided I wanted to do something more creative, so I switched to biochemistry at Nebraska.

  Ken Wilber

  Track, Creative, Nebraska

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