#university

I’m a man of leisure. That’s because I have an English degree and can’t get a job.
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— Jarod Kintz

#degree #economic-depression #english #job #leisure

In university, we are given a taught a lesson then given a test. Whereas in life, we are given a test that teaches us a lesson. #UniversityOfLife ↗

— Habeeb Akande

#lesson #life #trials-of-life #university #university-of-life

I first became interested in women and religion when I was one of the few women doing graduate work in Religious Studies at Yale University in the late 1960's. ↗

— Carol P. Christ

#became #doing #few #few women #first

University can teach you skill and give you opportunity, but it can't teach you sense, nor give you understanding. Sense and understanding are produced within one's soul. ↗

— C. JoyBell C.

#human #humanity #inspirational-attitude #inspirational-life #inspirational-quotes

I now teach at American University and the University of Virginia. ↗

— Julian Bond

#i #now #teach #university #virginia

I deeply regret those situations that have blemished the image of the University of Oklahoma, and I hope that I can rectify the embarrassment I have brought the university. ↗

— Brian Bosworth

#deeply #embarrassment #hope #i #i can

The Brigham Young University (BYU) campus was just a few blocks from my home and tuition was minimal. ↗

— Paul D. Boyer

#brigham #campus #few #home #just

The war project at Stanford was essentially completed, and I accepted an offer of an Assistant Professorship at the University of Minnesota, which had a good biochemistry department. ↗

— Paul D. Boyer

#assistant #biochemistry #completed #department #essentially

Books in a large university library system: 2,000,000. Books in an average large city library: 10,000. Average number of books in a chain bookstore: 30,000. Books in an average neighborhood branch library: 20,000. ↗

— Anthony Burgess

#books #bookstore #branch #chain #city

Literature offers the thrill of minds of great clarity wrestling with the endless problems and delights of being human. To engage with them is to engage with oneself, and the lasting rewards are not confined to specific career paths. ↗

— Jonathan Stroud

#english #literature #study #university #career