University Quotes

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)
The University brings out all abilities, including incapability. View quote
Anton Chekhov
The true University of these days is a Collection of Books. View quote
Thomas Carlyle
The mediaeval university looked backwards: it professed to be a storehouse of old knowledge... The modern university looks forward: it is a factory of new knowledge. View quote
Thomas Henry Huxley
A fool's brain digests philosophy into folly, science into superstition, and art into pedantry. Hence University education. View quote
George Bernard Shaw
In point of substantial merit the law school belongs in the modern university no more than a school of fencing or dancing. View quote
Thorstein Veblen
Here was buried Thomas Jefferson, Author of the Declaration of American Independence, Of the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom, And Father of the University of Virginia. View quote
Thomas Jefferson
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. View quote
Thomas Carlyle
I learnt more about politics during one South Dakota dust storm than in seven years at the university. View quote
Hubert Humphrey
'Tis well enough for a servant to be bred at an University. But the education is a little too pedantic for a gentleman. View quote
William Congreve
I didn't go to university. Didn't even finish A-levels. But I have sympathy for those who did. (Terry Pratchett)
University politics are vicious precisely because the stakes are so small. View quote
Henry Kissinger
A university is what a college becomes when the faculty loses interest in students. View quote
John Ciardi
After a few months in my parents' basement, I took an apartment near the state university, where I discovered both crystal methamphetamine and conceptual art. Either one of the these things are dangerous, but in combination they have the potential to destroy entire civilizations. View quote
David Sedaris
It makes little difference how many university courses or degrees a person may own. If he cannot use words to move an idea from one point to another, his education is incomplete. View quote
Norman Cousins
Traditionally, psychology has been the study of two populations: university freshmen and white rats. View quote
Paul Bloom
If one cannot state a matter clearly enough so that even an intelligent twelve-year-old can understand it, one should remain within the cloistered walls of the university and laboratory until one gets a better grasp of one's subject matter. View quote
Margaret Mead
In university they don't tell you that the greater part of the law is learning to tolerate fools. View quote
Doris Lessing
The best university that can be recommended to a man of ideas is the gauntlet of the mob. View quote
Ralph Waldo Emerson
A University should be a place of light, of liberty, and of learning. View quote
Benjamin Disraeli
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)
The University of Timbuktu never existed. The only thing that existed in Timbuktu was a small mud hut. View quote
Rousas John Rushdoony
I graduated from the University of Michigan with a BA in Communications and left formal education behind. View quote
Sarah Zettel
The university is in danger of losing its monopoly, and for good reason. The most visible threat are the new online courses, many of them free, with some of the best professors in their respective fields. View quote
Don Tapscott
Any type of operating system that I wanted to be able to hack, I basically compromised the source code, copied it over to the university because I didn't have enough space on my 200 megabyte hard drive. View quote
Kevin Mitnick