University Quotes
(1 - 10 of 14)The idea that it is necessary to go to a university in order to become a successful writer . . 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.
Don't let the University get in the way of your education.
Don't let the University get in the way of your education.
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
A university's essential character is that of being a center of free inquiry and criticism-a thing not to be sacrificed more
A university's essential character is that of being a center of free inquiry and criticism-a thing not to be sacrificed for anything else.
The delicate thing about the university is that it has a mixed character, that it is suspended between its position 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.
If I were founding a university I would begin with a smoking room; next a dormitory; and then a decent more
If I were founding a university I would begin with a smoking room; next a dormitory; and then a decent reading room and a library. After that, if I still had more money that I couldn't use, I would hire a professor and get some text books.
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
Our universities are so determined to impose tolerance that they'll expel you for saying what you think and never notice more
Our universities are so determined to impose tolerance that they'll expel you for saying what you think and never notice the irony
’I'd have you lot up in front of the University authorities first thing in the morning, if it wasn't for 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 . . .'
The University brings out all abilities, including incapability.
The University brings out all abilities, including incapability.
