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The idea that it is necessary to go to a university in order to become a successful writer . . read more
The idea that it is necessary to go to a university in order to become a successful writer . . . is one of those fantasies that surround authorship.
The delicate thing about the university is that it has a mixed character, that it is suspended between its position read more
The delicate thing about the university is that it has a mixed character, that it is suspended between its position in the eternal world, with all its corruption and evils and cruelties, and the splendid world of our imagination.
A professor is one who talks in someone else's sleep.
A professor is one who talks in someone else's sleep.
’I'd have you lot up in front of the University authorities first thing in the morning, if it wasn't for read more
’I'd have you lot up in front of the University authorities first thing in the morning, if it wasn't for the fact that you are the University authorities . . .'
Our universities are so determined to impose tolerance that they'll expel you for saying what you think and never notice read more
Our universities are so determined to impose tolerance that they'll expel you for saying what you think and never notice the irony
Of course there's a lot of knowledge in universities: the freshmen bring a little in; the seniors don't take much read more
Of course there's a lot of knowledge in universities: the freshmen bring a little in; the seniors don't take much away, so knowledge sort of accumulates.
Freedom of inquiry, freedom of discussion, and freedom of teaching - without these a university cannot exist
Freedom of inquiry, freedom of discussion, and freedom of teaching - without these a university cannot exist
In the university they don't tell you that the greater part of the law is learning to tolerate fools
In the university they don't tell you that the greater part of the law is learning to tolerate fools
No university in the world has ever risen to greatness without a correspondingly great library... When this is no longer read more
No university in the world has ever risen to greatness without a correspondingly great library... When this is no longer true, then will our civilization have come to an end.