26 Quotes About Phd

The pursuit of PhD is enduring daring adventure.

... the modern university system systematically requires an unending supply of young, vulnerable idealists to work for poverty wages as graduate student teaching assistants (and, of course, adjuncts). The advanced degree these students earn is, as Marc Bousquet has argued, simply a by-product of this systemic exploitation, and not meant to carry value forward as a basis for high-wage employment" (Kelsky).

Swimming in shark-infested waters is a bad idea if there is blood in the water. It is an especially bad idea if the blood is yours.

The optimist sees the glass half full. The pessimist sees the glass half empty. The chemist sees the glass completely full, half in liquid state and half gaseous, both of which are probably poisonous.

I would rather get a PhD than stand to reach for toilet paper. Though some readers might emphasize the similarities between the two activities.

You can't suddenly know something just by assembling a committee of words! That's it! I'll assemble your comittee!

The aim of a PhD's to ensure that no one, including your advisor, understands what you're doing after the first couple of years.

The average PhD thesis is nothing but a transference of bones from one gaveyard to another.