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.

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.

’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

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.

A professor is one who talks in someone else's sleep.

A professor is one who talks in someone else's sleep.

The University brings out all abilities, including incapability.

The University brings out all abilities, including incapability.

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 read 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.