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A professor is one who talks in someone else's sleep.
A professor is one who talks in someone else's sleep.
Don't let the University get in the way of your education.
Don't let the University get in the way of your education.
No university in the world has ever risen to greatness without a correspondingly great library... When this is no longer read more
No university in the world has ever risen to greatness without a correspondingly great library... When this is no longer true, then will our civilization have come to an end.
If I were founding a university I would begin with a smoking room; next a dormitory; and then a decent read 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.
’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 . . .'
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.
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.
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
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.
