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Academics Quotes

I'm not going to school just for the academics - I wanted to share ideas, to be around people who are passionate about learning Picture Quote #1

Of course art world ethics are important. But museums are no purer than any other institution or business. Academics aren't necessarily more high minded than gallerists Picture Quote #1

In universities and intellectual circles, academics can guarantee themselves popularity - or, which is just as satisfying, unpopularity - by being opinionated rather than by being learned Picture Quote #1

The next time some academics tell you how important diversity is, ask how many Republicans there are in their sociology department Picture Quote #1

The fate of the young man in his headphones, who faced a jail cell that very night, did not seem such a world away from his own predicament: an anniversary party full of academics Picture Quote #1

Just what is it that academics have to fear if they stand up for common decency, instead of letting campus barbarians run amok? Picture Quote #1

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By the time I entered high school, I had forsaken academics altogether in favor of my burgeoning acting career Picture Quote #1

If there’s one thing that ‘No Child Left Behind’ has proven, it’s that more academics don’t make for smarter children - or even higher test scores. And yet we somehow refuse to accept this reality Picture Quote #1

The conventional wisdom about the internet was that it was a toy for academics and researchers. So it was very, very underestimated for about two years Picture Quote #1

When it comes to computer games, many academics seem to be one step down from judges in their lack of engagement with the real world Picture Quote #1

I have always been a firm believer in participation so there were no cuts. We practiced three times a week but if a student had an academic conflict, academics took priority Picture Quote #1

There’s nothing like the discovery of an unknown work by a great thinker to set the intellectual community atwitter and cause academics to dart about like those things one sees when looking at a drop of water under a microscope Picture Quote #1

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All modern philosophizing is political, policed by governments, churches, academics, custom, fashion, and human cowardice, all off which limit it to a fake learnedness Picture Quote #1

I think it’s always important for academics to study popular culture, even if the thing they are studying is idiotic. If it’s successful or made a dent in culture, then it is worthy of study to find out why Picture Quote #1

The best philosophers were not academics, but had another job, so their philosophy was not corrupted by careerism Picture Quote #1

I’m the world’s expert on stereotypes held by academics about athletes and held by athletes about academics. To me, both of them are caricatures Picture Quote #1

Academics love to make theories about a body of work, but each book consumes the writer and is the sum of his or her world Picture Quote #1

Money is kind of a base subject. Like water, food, air and housing, it affects everything yet for some reason the world of academics thinks it’s a subject below their social standing Picture Quote #1

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I’ve always thought that very few people grow old as admirably as academics. At least books never let them down Picture Quote #1

There is a culture among academics to be obscure. If you’re too clear, you can’t be saying anything interesting. The issue isn’t word length. The issue is a commitment to speaking in a way an audience can understand Picture Quote #1

No formula in finance tells you that the moat is 28 feet wide and 16 feet deep. That’s what drives the academics crazy. They can compute standard deviations and betas, but they can’t understand moats Picture Quote #1

I’ve tried to make a book that’s accessible to the ordinary, intelligent reader. Very often books that cover this kind of subject are written by academics, for academics. But I am not an academic Picture Quote #1

In more than 20 years I’ve spent studying the issue, I have yet to hear a convincing argument that college football has anything do with what is presumably the primary purpose of higher education: academics Picture Quote #1

Academics don’t normally manage to alter people’s way of thinking through their strength of argument Picture Quote #1

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I'm not going to school just for the academics - I wanted to share ideas, to be around people who are passionate about learning (Academics Quotes) Of course art world ethics are important. But museums are no purer than any other institution or business. Academics aren't necessarily more high minded than gallerists (Academics Quotes) In universities and intellectual circles, academics can guarantee themselves popularity - or, which is just as satisfying, unpopularity - by being opinionated rather than by being learned (Academics Quotes) The next time some academics tell you how important diversity is, ask how many Republicans there are in their sociology department (Academics Quotes) The fate of the young man in his headphones, who faced a jail cell that very night, did not seem such a world away from his own predicament: an anniversary party full of academics (Academics Quotes) Just what is it that academics have to fear if they stand up for common decency, instead of letting campus barbarians run amok? (Academics Quotes) By the time I entered high school, I had forsaken academics altogether in favor of my burgeoning acting career (Academics Quotes) If there’s one thing that ‘No Child Left Behind’ has proven, it’s that more academics don’t make for smarter children - or even higher test scores. And yet we somehow refuse to accept this reality (Academics Quotes) The conventional wisdom about the internet was that it was a toy for academics and researchers. So it was very, very underestimated for about two years (Academics Quotes) When it comes to computer games, many academics seem to be one step down from judges in their lack of engagement with the real world (Academics Quotes) I have always been a firm believer in participation so there were no cuts. We practiced three times a week but if a student had an academic conflict, academics took priority (Academics Quotes) There’s nothing like the discovery of an unknown work by a great thinker to set the intellectual community atwitter and cause academics to dart about like those things one sees when looking at a drop of water under a microscope (Academics Quotes) All modern philosophizing is political, policed by governments, churches, academics, custom, fashion, and human cowardice, all off which limit it to a fake learnedness (Academics Quotes) I think it’s always important for academics to study popular culture, even if the thing they are studying is idiotic. If it’s successful or made a dent in culture, then it is worthy of study to find out why (Academics Quotes) The best philosophers were not academics, but had another job, so their philosophy was not corrupted by careerism (Academics Quotes) I’m the world’s expert on stereotypes held by academics about athletes and held by athletes about academics. To me, both of them are caricatures (Academics Quotes) Academics love to make theories about a body of work, but each book consumes the writer and is the sum of his or her world (Academics Quotes) Money is kind of a base subject. Like water, food, air and housing, it affects everything yet for some reason the world of academics thinks it’s a subject below their social standing (Academics Quotes) I’ve always thought that very few people grow old as admirably as academics. At least books never let them down (Academics Quotes) There is a culture among academics to be obscure. If you’re too clear, you can’t be saying anything interesting. The issue isn’t word length. The issue is a commitment to speaking in a way an audience can understand (Academics Quotes) No formula in finance tells you that the moat is 28 feet wide and 16 feet deep. That’s what drives the academics crazy. They can compute standard deviations and betas, but they can’t understand moats (Academics Quotes) I’ve tried to make a book that’s accessible to the ordinary, intelligent reader. Very often books that cover this kind of subject are written by academics, for academics. But I am not an academic (Academics Quotes) In more than 20 years I’ve spent studying the issue, I have yet to hear a convincing argument that college football has anything do with what is presumably the primary purpose of higher education: academics (Academics Quotes) Academics don’t normally manage to alter people’s way of thinking through their strength of argument (Academics Quotes)

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