#university

I found university a little dispiriting. I thought I would enter the great halls of Plato, but instead I entered the halls of an intellectual sausage factory. I wanted to do something not on the main course, and chose the environment. ↗

— Bjorn Lomborg

#course #enter #entered #environment #factory

For example, I loved English and history at school. I would have loved to have done a degree in either. But my Mom said I didn't have time for university. ↗

— Vanessa Mae

#done #either #english #example #for example

The usual channels of university studies or secretarial work did not appeal to me. I cherished difficult dreams through confidence in myself. ↗

— Ella Maillart

#channels #cherished #confidence #did #difficult

I learned how to sign because when I was growing up in California in order to get into college you needed two semesters of language to get into a University of California school. ↗

— Camryn Manheim

#california #college #get #growing #growing up

I was 17 years old and in my first band, and we played at the university. I was kind of a gawky, unpopular teenager and there was about 400 people smiling and dancing to what we were doing. ↗

— Sarah McLachlan

#band #dancing #doing #first #i

So I applied to medical school and received a scholarship at Washington University in St. Louis. Washington University turned out to be a lucky choice. The faculty was scholarly and dedicated and accessible to students. ↗

— Daniel Nathans

#applied #choice #dedicated #faculty #i

I did, although I didn't read from page 1 to page 187 but I read chunks of it. I did a little bit of science when I was in the university so I was able to understand the graphs and pie charts and stuff like that. It was extremely dry. ↗

— Liam Neeson

#although #bit #charts #chunks #did

Queen's University flies the flag for the arts in Northern Ireland and beyond. ↗

— Liam Neeson

#beyond #flag #flies #ireland #northern

Teaching is too strong a word for whatever it was I did at Northeastern University. ↗

— Robert B. Parker

#i #strong #teaching #too #university

My charitable donations go to educational efforts, such as Teach for America, Vanderbilt University, Berkshire School. ↗

— Thomas Peterffy

#charitable #donations #educational #efforts #go