#tenure

The juvenile sea squirt wanders through the sea searching for a suitable rock or hunk of coral to cling to and make its home for life. For this task, it has a rudimentary nervous system. When it finds its spot and takes root, it doesn't need its brain anymore, so it eats it! It's rather like getting tenure. ↗

— Daniel C. Dennett

#tenure #life

These days, to be seven years in one spot in any pro sport is a pretty long tenure. ↗

— Andrew Bogut

#days #long #pretty #pro #seven

I never graduated high school; they had to change the Ivy League rules. During my tenure at Brown, I helped them become the number one Ivy League school. ↗

— Robert Evans

#brown #change #during #graduated #had