I find it shameful that in nearly all the universities of Europe, Palestinian students sponsor and nurture anti-Semitism. Oriana Fallaci Italian Journalist More Oriana Fallaci Quotes 3
I wonder what it means about American literary culture and its transmission when I consider the number of American poets who earn their living teaching creative writing in universities. I've ended up doing that myself. Marilyn Hacker American Poet More Marilyn Hacker Quotes 0
I can't understand these chaps who go round American universities explaining how they write poems: It's like going round explaining how you sleep with your wife. Philip Larkin English Poet More Philip Larkin Quotes 0
Everywhere I go, I'm asked if I think the universities stifle writers. My opinion is that they don't stifle enough of them. There's many a best seller that could have been prevented by a good teacher. Flannery O'Connor American Author More Flannery O'Connor Quotes 0
No man should escape our universities without knowing how little he knows. J. Robert Oppenheimer American Physicist More J. Robert Oppenheimer Quotes 0
France has a very important relationship with Germany. But that does not mean that we agree about everything or that two of our universities or companies are not going to compete. Jean-Pierre Raffarin French Politician More Jean-Pierre Raffarin Quotes 0
Many of the Universities have very good Theatre Departments these days. Tony Randall American Actor More Tony Randall Quotes 0
In the long run, much public opinion is made in the universities; ideas generated there filter down through the teaching profession and the students into the general public. B. Carroll Reece American Politician More B. Carroll Reece Quotes 0
One can't write without having read - you have to read before beginning to write - and universities offer a very good opportunity to read. Nathalie Sarraute Russian Lawyer More Nathalie Sarraute Quotes 0
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 American Philosopher More George Santayana Quotes 0
I believe that our office has clearly been the leader in building coalitions, in getting other universities across the contrary to interact more effectively with the government and particularly the Congress. Charles Vest American Educator More Charles Vest Quotes 0
Literally from the moment I came in the door of MIT, it was very clear that a highly productive 40-year partnership between U.S. research universities and the federal government was badly eroding. Charles Vest American Educator More Charles Vest Quotes 0
Our goal has been to more effectively promote the value of publicly-supported research at our universities, both to the Congress and to the general public. Charles Vest American Educator More Charles Vest Quotes 0
The Science Coalition, which grew out of an initial concept at Harvard and at MIT, has now grown to an informal group of about 60 research universities. Charles Vest American Educator More Charles Vest Quotes 0
I was teaching in one of the universities while the country was suffering from a severe famine. People were dying of hunger, and I felt very helpless. As an economist, I had no tool in my tool box to fix that kind of situation. Muhammad Yunus Economist More Muhammad Yunus Quotes 0
American critics are like American universities. They both have dull and half-dead faculties. Edward Albee American Dramatist More Edward Albee Quotes 0
During the days of segregation, there was not a place of higher learning for African Americans. They were simply not welcome in many of the traditional schools. And from this backward policy grew the network of historical black colleges and universities. Michael N. Castle American Politician More Michael N. Castle Quotes 0
The universities are available only to those who share my revolutionary beliefs. Fidel Castro Statesman More Fidel Castro Quotes 0
I have taught history on the high school and college levels, and am or have been a lecturer at the Smithsonian, The National Institutes of Health, and numerous colleges and universities, mostly on science fiction and technology subjects. Jack L. Chalker American Author More Jack L. Chalker Quotes 0
Everybody around the world wants to send their kids to our universities. But nobody wants to send their kids here to public school. Walter Annenberg American Businessman More Walter Annenberg Quotes 0
Criticism in the universities, I'll have to admit, has entered a phase where I am totally out of sympathy with 95% of what goes on. It's Stalinism without Stalin. Harold Bloom American Critic More Harold Bloom Quotes 0
America has a strategic interest in continuing to welcome international students at our colleges, universities, and high schools. Attracting the world's top scientific scholars helps to keep our economy competitive. Norm Coleman American Politician More Norm Coleman Quotes 0
I think that the balance needs to be restored, and I would note that in the camp in which I am in, one finds libraries, universities, the Internet industry, the manufacturers of digital media, and consumers. Rick Boucher American Politician More Rick Boucher Quotes 0
Universities should be safe havens where ruthless examination of realities will not be distorted by the aim to please or inhibited by the risk of displeasure. Kingman Brewster, Jr. American Educator More Kingman Brewster, Jr. Quotes 0
Highly educated young people are tutored, taught and monitored in all aspects of their lives, except the most important, which is character building. When it comes to this, most universities leave them alone. David Brooks American Politician More David Brooks Quotes 0