Top 1200 Research Universities Quotes & Sayings - Page 17

I wasn't allowed to play in some universities in the United States and out of twenty-five concerts, twenty-three were canceled unless I would substitute my black bass player for my old white bass player, which I wouldn't do.

There are hundreds and thousands of young Americans who cannot or will not receive an education, because in order to get an education, you have to spend money. Students come out of college and universities with unbelievable debt. It's not right, it's not fair, and it's not just, in a society such as ours. And those dollars are not going to the teachers.

I do like the research part of writing, I must admit.

Given the way universities work to reinforce and perpetuate the status quo, the way knowledge is offered as commodity, Women's Studies can easily become the place where revolutionary feminist thought and feminist activism are submerged or made secondary to the goals of academic careerism

We have a large underclass in Britain, and a fairly low standard of education. Our best universities are extremely good, but a very significant proportion of the British population that comes out of compulsory schooling with very low standards of education.

I do a great deal of research, especially in the apartments of tall blondes.

So when I appear as a kind of shamanistic figure, or allude to it, I do it to stress my belief in other priorities and the need to come up with a completely different plan for working with substances. For instance, in places like universities, where everyone speaks so rationally, it is necessary for a kind of enchanter to appear.

We need to not reduce but increase our commitment to research.

I am a historian. I do a lot of research, and I try to get it right.

Let's put research into the hands of legitimate scientists, not pot profiteers.

I also found out that I liked biochemical research and that I could do it.

I love doing research. I'm a film-school geek.

Most theatre people and composers are like research hounds.

I tend to change research direction every few years or so.

Enough research will tend to support your conclusions.

The universities do not teach all things ... so a doctor must seek out old wives, gypsies, sorcerers, wandering tribes, old robbers, and such outlaws and take lessons from them. A doctor must be a traveller . . . Knowledge is experience.

Highly organized research is guaranteed to produce nothing new.

But with nonfiction, the task is very straightforward: Do the research, tell the story.

I usually don't have to do a lot of research in my work, as I'm writing about something I'm already familiar with.

We don't only want to make robots in universities; we want to create good humans. We can't shape a world only with the help of robots made out of technical know-how. We can't be useful to humankind if there are no sentiments in life.

Scientists are not these guys in lab coats deep in the inner bowels of universities and hospitals with their Bunsen burners. They're the people molding the culture that we live in, the future of our culture, and the technology we rely on every day. These are the rock stars of our time right now.

Biotech research is incredibly important for health-care innovation.

Research professors don't watch a whole lot of TV.

You discover yourself through the research of your work.

I'm a professional historian. I do my research. I have a PhD. What does my race have to do with it?

I like to find ideas where the research is going to be fun.

Once the troops move into Cambodia, the colleges and universities of this country were on the verge of civil war. Many closed down. The students were up in arms. And it looked very much like there were going to be real problems in this country.

The objective I propose is quite simple to state: to foster the infrastructure of democracy - the system of a free press, unions, political parties, universities - which allows a people to choose their own way to develop their own culture, to reconcile their own differences through peaceful means.

Do we substantially increase military spending and prepare for endless war in the middle-east, or do we make college affordable for all Americans, regardless of income. My answer: I will soon be introducing legislation that will make public colleges and universities tuition free.

Research is not an obstacle, something to be frightened of. It can be one of the real joys of writing.

Now, jazz institutions are more readily available for young people, but for me, the institutions were the bands that I was in. When I worked with Clark Terry, that was the beginning of school for me, and Harry Belafonte and Sergio Mendes, they were all my universities.

All over the world, as governments retreat from their traditional duty to foster the common good and reconceive of themselves as mere managers of national economies, universities have been coming under pressure to turn themselves into training schools equipping young people with the skills required by a modern economy.

This invisibility, however, means that the opportunities for creative research are infinite.

Charlottesville is a quiet town with friendly people, good schools, lots of churches, parks, and a bustling, growing community that more or less revolves around one of the country's great public universities. Volunteerism is rampant, and dozens of nonprofits hustle about, solving problems and helping those in need.

I have long been one of those tedious people who rails against the coronation of 'student-athletes.' I have heard the argument that big-time athletics bring in loads of money to universities. I don't believe the money goes anywhere other than back into the sports teams, but that's another story.

Research is of considerable importance in certain fields, such as science and history.

The Cowles Commission was the optimal environment for the type of research that I wanted to do.

A show is going to be good and fun to work on, if the research is interesting.

The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their right names in research.

There are no projects per se in the Computing Sciences Research Center.

Anything new and different is most susceptible to market research.

Research does not support any part of Race to the Top

All you have to do is do a little bit of research and a floodgate of material comes your way.

I love doing research. It's like cheating, but with permission.

Why do they call it research if I've only done it this one time?

It's sad that the U.S. government doesn't fund risky research anymore.

What [American universities] need, and would much benefit from, is more Marxists, radicals, leftists - all terms conventionally applied to those who fight against exploitation, racism, sexism, and capitalism. We can never have too many of these, just as we can never have too few 'conservatives'.

I work all day, do research, sketch my ideas, prepare for performances.

All good research-whether for science or for a book-is a form of obsession.

I have not been able to give a concrete answer to the question of how the nations of Asia can create their own unique liberal arts traditions that are not simply the importation of a Western model. The question is a critical one and the answer must come from Asian universities themselves.

I came to America to teach my method - not to enter a research experiment.

I go to L.A. three or four times a year. It's great for research.

From antiquity, Latin died but is still studied in seminaries and elite universities. So did Sanskrit in Asia. iI was replaced by Pali, but even Pali died, too. Linguists say the only ancient language which was resuscitated from the grave was Hebrew of Israel.

For interns at 'The Weekly Standard' or 'National Review,' where the martial instinct finds its most insistent voice, what Robert Kagan calls the military 'career path' is not widely seen as a plausible future. Pulling a trigger is what Jose, Tyrone, and Bubba do, not early admission students at the better private universities.

This is an appropriate role for the federal government - to invest in basic research.

Research means that you don't know, but are willing to find out.

There's a reason why at most major universities and colleges the female-male enrollment is so out of whack. Thirty-five percent male versus 65% female. It used to be just the exact opposite. There's a reason.

For me, every one of our projects is a research-and-development project.

The effects of MFA programs, and the rise of creative writing instruction more generally, are far more diffuse than people think. Even if you're a writer who has avoided institutions your whole life, you're still going to be reading a lot of writers who have MFAs, and are affiliated with universities.

I'm the only candidate that will fund time-travel research.