#universities

Many of the mainstream agricultural scientists, especially at the agricultural schools, but at all of our major universities, are tied into all sorts of contractual relationships and consulting relationships with the life science companies. ↗

— Jeremy Rifkin

#companies #consulting #contractual #especially #into

Nevada has a world-class economy. It will only build a world-class culture with world-class research universities coupled with the Desert Research Institute. ↗

— James E. Rogers

#coupled #culture #desert #economy #institute

Many of the Universities have very good Theatre Departments these days. ↗

— Tony Randall

#departments #good #many #theatre #these

Historically Black Colleges and Universities, or HBCUs, have played an important role in enriching the lives of not just African Americans, but our entire country. ↗

— Ric Keller

#african americans #black #colleges #country #enriching

I was teaching in one of the universities while the country was suffering from a severe famine. People were dying of hunger, and I felt very helpless. As an economist, I had no tool in my tool box to fix that kind of situation. ↗

— Muhammad Yunus

#country #dying #economist #famine #felt

The universities are available only to those who share my revolutionary beliefs. ↗

— Fidel Castro

#beliefs #only #revolutionary #share #those

I worry when athletes are simply used by their universities to produce revenue, to make money for them, nothing to show at the back end. I grew up with a lot of players who had very, very tough lives after the ball started bouncing for them. And that's why I'm going to continue to fight. ↗

— Arne Duncan

#athletes #back #ball #bouncing #continue

In the long run, much public opinion is made in the universities; ideas generated there filter down through the teaching profession and the students into the general public. ↗

— B. Carroll Reece

#filter #general #general public #generated #ideas

I haven't been silent. I teach, I lecture at universities, I write, I'm not silent. ↗

— Bill Ayers

#haven #i #i write #lecture #silent

The American people are among the most productive in the world. We have the best technologies. We have great universities. We have entrepreneurs. ↗

— Ben Bernanke

#american people #among #best #entrepreneurs #great