Quotes About Scholarship

The cost of college should never discourage anyone from going after a valuable degree.

In India, knowledge has always been considered more valuable than power, fame or riches. In our tradition, educational institutions are respected as temples of learning.

Let ignorance talk as it will, learning has its value.

The special issue was heavy reading: two men who ran for president, plus scientists, political activists, economists, historians, and futurists. I believed we also must always listen to the poets—actors, comedians, musical artists, and writers—for they are scholars of human nature and often have the gift of prophecy.

Somebody once said that the library is actually the dominant life form on the planet. Humans simply exist as the reproductive means to achieve more libraries.

Take no heed of her, explained Jones apologetically. She reads a lot of books.

If one divided all of human science into two parts - the one common to all men, the other particular to the learned - the latter would be quite small in comparison with the former. But we are hardly aware of what is generally attained, because it is attained without thought and even before the age of reason; because, moreover, learning is noticed only by its differences, and as in algebraic equations, common quantities count for nothing.

J'ai commencé ma vie comme je la finirai sans doute : au milieu des livres.

If someone read every book that's ever been written all he could when he was done is he'd read a lot of books.

If someone read every book that had ever been written. all he could say when he was done is he'd read a lot of books.

To talk about the reality of life here and the work that you do here at the university.

You wouldn't believe the kind of hate mail I get about my work on irregular verbs.

To make dictionaries is dull work.

I was a scholarship minor public school day boy at Ardingly College and later Whitgift School. Then, straight into work as a journalist - a wonderful thing for a writer.

It is a nuisance that knowledge can only be acquired by hard work.

In the academic world, most of the work that is done is clerical. A lot of the work done by professors is routine.

To be sure, it is not the fruits of scientific research that elevate a man and enrich his nature, but the urge to understand, the intellectual work, creative or receptive.

I am interested in recent scholarly work examining the emergence of women's studies and ethnic studies departments and the development of the neoliberal university.

Anyone who is going to make anything out of history will, sooner or later, have to do most of the work himself. He will have to read, and consider, and reconsider, and then read some more.

I come from a background that stresses education more than anything.

Hip hop scholarship must strive to reflect the form it interrogates, offering the same features as the best hip hop: seductive rhythms, throbbing beats, intelligent lyrics, soulful samples, and a sense of joy that is never exhausted in one sitting.

I just believe strongly that anybody who wants to pursue additional education after high school ought to be given that chance.

Books have led some to learning and others to madness.

The studies, Jeremy, I said. The studies, the studies, the studies.