189 Quotes About Academics

A public intellectual is not primarily a journalist, it is someone who has a university background and addresses a wider public than academics of the same background, he added

It's very gratifying that something I've done as a social scientist may make a difference in the world. Us poor academics rarely feel like anything we're doing makes a direct impact.

When I visited Wisconsin, I fell in love with the place. I liked the academics and the fact it had Big Ten sports. So I called Maine because I didn't want them to waste their money on me.

Academics always come first, that is why they're here.

Growing up, it was always academics first, then basketball. If you would ask me to choose between the two, then it would be academics because I know anything can happen tomorrow. I can get injured or something and then basketball is over but I'll always have my mind.

I played college football in an era when 220 pounds was still big enough to play in the line. As an undergraduate, my academics were not what you would call strong.

This Skills Task Force should be a small, dynamic core of business leaders, government representatives and academics meeting to examine the problem of skills shortages in Europe. It is estimated that there will be 1.7 million vacancies in the IT sector by 2003. This European-wide approach is vital if we are to ensure we have a sufficiently skilled work force to meet the needs of the IT industry,

There are three main aspects of college for golfers: golf, academics and a social life. At the highest level, you have to pick two of the three, because you don't have time for all three.

The point I've always made is that I'm writing for a general audience, rather than just for an audience of academics or fellow historians.