University Quotes

Welcome to University Quotes, the supreme resource for inspiring and motivational quotes from the world's leading colleges. Right here you will find quotes from several of the most prominent as well as effective individuals on the planet, consisting of Nobel Prize champions, head of states, as well as magnate. Whether you're searching for a quote to influence you in your research studies, or simply require a little bit of motivation to survive the day, you'll locate it below. With quotes from universities around the world, you're certain to find something that talks with you. So, take a look around and also discover the perfect quote to aid you reach your goals.
Small: A University should be a place of light, of liberty, and of learning
Benjamin Disraeli
"A University should be a place of light, of liberty, and of learning"
Benjamin Disraeli, Statesman
Small: Everyone has a right to a university degree in America, even if its in Hamburger Technology
Clive James
"Everyone has a right to a university degree in America, even if it's in Hamburger Technology"
Clive James, Author
Small: The true university of these days is a collection of books
Thomas Carlyle
"The true university of these days is a collection of books"
Thomas Carlyle, Writer
Small: Dublin university contains the cream of Ireland: Rich and thick
"Dublin university contains the cream of Ireland: Rich and thick"
Samuel Beckett, Playwright
Small: A university is what a college becomes when the faculty loses interest in the students
John Ciardi
"A university is what a college becomes when the faculty loses interest in the students"
John Ciardi, Dramatist
Small: Harvard Medical School, the University of South Florida and the American Psychiatric Association have all cond
"Harvard Medical School, the University of South Florida and the American Psychiatric Association have all conducted studies showing that the earlier one begins gambling, the more likely it is he or she will become an addicted, problem gambler"
Spencer Bachus, Politician
Small: There are few earthly things more beautiful than a university a place where those who hate ignorance may striv
John Masefield
"There are few earthly things more beautiful than a university a place where those who hate ignorance may strive to know, where those who perceive truth may strive to make others see"
John Masefield, Poet
Small: I now teach at American University and the University of Virginia
"I now teach at American University and the University of Virginia"
Julian Bond, Activist
Small: Weve had risk assessments performed by Harvard University, which said that even if we did have a small number
"We've had risk assessments performed by Harvard University, which said that even if we did have a small number of cases in this country that the likelihood of it spreading or getting into any kind of human health problem is very, very small"
Ann Veneman, Public Servant
Small: On another level, I want to mention that I have a strong Jewish identity and - over the years - have been invo
"On another level, I want to mention that I have a strong Jewish identity and - over the years - have been involved in several Jewish projects, such as the establishment of a strong program of Judaic Studies at the University of California in San Diego"
Walter Kohn, Physicist
Small: For the last year Ive been at Stanford University as a student and Ive had time to read the newspaper
Tabitha Soren
"For the last year I've been at Stanford University as a student and I've had time to read the newspaper"
Tabitha Soren, Celebrity
Small: Were I not a king, I would be a university man
King James I
"Were I not a king, I would be a university man"
King James I, Royalty
Small: On this basis, which was originally financial and goes back to George Peabody, there grew up in the twentieth
"On this basis, which was originally financial and goes back to George Peabody, there grew up in the twentieth century a power structure between London and New York which penetrated deeply into university life, the press, and the practice of foreign policy"
Carroll Quigley, Writer
Small: I was born in a University campus and seem to have lived all my life in one campus or another
"I was born in a University campus and seem to have lived all my life in one campus or another"
Amartya Sen, Philosopher
Small: A fools brain digests philosophy into folly, science into superstition, and art into pedantry. Hence Universit
George Bernard Shaw
"A fool's brain digests philosophy into folly, science into superstition, and art into pedantry. Hence University education"
George Bernard Shaw, Dramatist
Small: After all manner of professors have done their best for us, the place we are to get knowledge is in books.
Albert Camus
"After all manner of professors have done their best for us, the place we are to get knowledge is in books. The true university of these days is a collection of books"
Albert Camus, Philosopher
Small: One learns more from listening than speaking. And both the wind and the people who continue to live close to n
Thor Heyerdahl
"One learns more from listening than speaking. And both the wind and the people who continue to live close to nature still have much to tell us which we cannot hear within university walls"
Thor Heyerdahl, Explorer
Small: One learns more from listening than speaking.And both the wind and the people who continue to live close to na
Thor Heyerdahl
"One learns more from listening than speaking.And both the wind and the people who continue to live close to nature still have much to tell us which we cannot hear within university walls"
Thor Heyerdahl, Explorer
Small: An atheist is a man who watches a Notre Dame - Southern Methodist University game and doesnt care who wins
Dwight D. Eisenhower
"An atheist is a man who watches a Notre Dame - Southern Methodist University game and doesn't care who wins"
Dwight D. Eisenhower, President
Small: What we become depends on what we read after all of the professors have finished with us. The greatest univers
Thomas Carlyle
"What we become depends on what we read after all of the professors have finished with us. The greatest university of all is a collection of books"
Thomas Carlyle, Writer
Small: The medieval university looked backwards it professed to be a storehouse of old knowledge. The modern universi
Thomas Huxley
"The medieval university looked backwards; it professed to be a storehouse of old knowledge. The modern university looks forward, and is a factory of new knowledge"
Thomas Huxley, Scientist
Small: So here we are today with a new conversation. When University of Georgia plays Georgia Tech, its uniform color
Jesse Jackson
"So here we are today with a new conversation. When University of Georgia plays Georgia Tech, it's uniform color versus skin color. We have - we've overcome that level of racial fear"
Jesse Jackson, Activist
Small: We are living in 1937, and our universities, I suggest, are not half-way out of the fifteenth century.
H.G. Wells
"We are living in 1937, and our universities, I suggest, are not half-way out of the fifteenth century. We have made hardly any changes in our conception of university organization, education, graduation, for a century - for several centuries"
H.G. Wells, Author
Small: Initially I had intended to study medicine, but before going to University I had decided that I would be bette
Frederick Sanger
"Initially I had intended to study medicine, but before going to University I had decided that I would be better suited to a career in which I could concentrate my activities and interests more on a single goal than appeared to be possible in my father's profession"
Frederick Sanger, Scientist
Small: After taking my B.A. degree in 1939 I remained at the University for a further year to take an advanced course
Frederick Sanger
"After taking my B.A. degree in 1939 I remained at the University for a further year to take an advanced course in Biochemistry, and surprised myself and my teachers by obtaining a first class examination result"
Frederick Sanger, Scientist
Small: Priests are not men of the world it is not intended that they should be and a University training is the one b
Samuel Butler
"Priests are not men of the world; it is not intended that they should be; and a University training is the one best adapted to prevent their becoming so"
Samuel Butler, Poet
Small: A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car but if he has a university education, he may s
Theodore Roosevelt
"A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car; but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad"
Theodore Roosevelt, President
Small: In university they dont tell you that the greater part of the law is learning to tolerate fools
"In university they don't tell you that the greater part of the law is learning to tolerate fools"
Doris Lessing, Writer
Small: Shockingly, a University of Pennsylvania study says the number of young people addicted to gambling - largely
"Shockingly, a University of Pennsylvania study says the number of young people addicted to gambling - largely due to increased exposure to the Internet and Internet gambling - grew by an alarming 20 percent between 2004 and 2005 alone"
Spencer Bachus, Politician
Small: In fact, a University of Connecticut study showed that as many as three in four pre-teens and teens who are ex
"In fact, a University of Connecticut study showed that as many as three in four pre-teens and teens who are exposed to Internet gambling become addicted"
Spencer Bachus, Politician
Small: My dad was dean of fine arts at the university. I was casting bronzes in the school foundry. I was using the u
"My dad was dean of fine arts at the university. I was casting bronzes in the school foundry. I was using the university as a playground"
Maya Lin, Architect
Small: Id rather entrust the government of the United States to the first 400 people listed in the Boston telephone d
"I'd rather entrust the government of the United States to the first 400 people listed in the Boston telephone directory than to the faculty of Harvard University"
William F. Buckley, Jr., Journalist
Small: I learnt more about politics during one South Dakota dust storm than in seven years at the university
Hubert H. Humphrey
"I learnt more about politics during one South Dakota dust storm than in seven years at the university"
Hubert H. Humphrey, Politician
Small: I was training to be a lawyer... I was president of the law society at Glasgow University, and my bass guitari
"I was training to be a lawyer... I was president of the law society at Glasgow University, and my bass guitarist was my secretary of my law society; the lead guitarist and writer worked at the law firm that I worked"
Gerard Butler, Actor
Small: Since my retirement, Ive spent a lot of time trying to help the School of Social Work at the University of Nor
"Since my retirement, I've spent a lot of time trying to help the School of Social Work at the University of North Carolina. A society like this just can't afford an uneducated underclass of citizens"
Charles Kuralt, Journalist
Small: I began teaching in New York because I needed to stay in the United States and didnt have my immigration paper
"I began teaching in New York because I needed to stay in the United States and didn't have my immigration papers in order, so working for a university was a way of resolving the issue"
Manuel Puig, Author
Small: Weve got to recognize that when we march into Iraq, were setting up the card tables in front of every universi
"We've got to recognize that when we march into Iraq, we're setting up the card tables in front of every university in the Arab world, the Islamic world, to recruit for al-Qaida"
Chris Matthews, Journalist
Small: A lot of girls annoy me who go to university - one girl told me she was going to Oxford because it was somethi
"A lot of girls annoy me who go to university - one girl told me she was going to Oxford because it was something to do between leaving school and getting married. And I've got to pay for that being an income tax payer"
Jeffrey Bernard, Journalist
Small: It is the goal of the American university to be the brains of the republic
"It is the goal of the American university to be the brains of the republic"
Johan Huizinga, Historian
Small: The only reason I would have liked to have gone to university is because I like cricket. Not a very good reaso
"The only reason I would have liked to have gone to university is because I like cricket. Not a very good reason to want to go, but as good as any, I suppose"
Jeffrey Bernard, Journalist
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