61 Quotes by Robert M. Hutchins

Nobody can read Freud without realizing that he was the scientific equivalent of another nuisance, George Bernard Shaw.

The best education for the best is the best education for all.

College football: I do not see the relationship of those highly industrialized affairs on Saturday afternoons to higher learning in America.

It must be remembered that the purpose of education is not to fill the minds of students with facts... it is to teach them to think.

It is not so important to be serious as it is to be serious about the important things. The monkey wears an expression of seriousness which would do credit to any college student, but the monkey is serious because he itches.

Football, fraternities, and fun have no place in the university. They were introduced only to entertain those who shouldn’t be in the university.

Most people spend their time on the ‘urgent’ rather than on the ‘important.’

Freedom of inquiry, freedom of discussion, and freedom of teaching – without these a university cannot exist.

More free time means more time to waste. The worker who used to have only a little time in which to get drunk and beat his wife now has time to get drunk, beat his wife – and watch TV.