Just as no monkey is as good-looking as the ugliest of humans, no academic is worthier than the worst of the creators
academia academics art art-history artists arts creativity criticism critics
The true reader reads every work seriously in the sense that he reads it whole-heartedly, makes himself as receptive as he can. But for that very reason he cannot possibly read every work solemly or gravely. For he will read 'in the same spirit that the author writ.'.. He will never commit the error of trying to munch whipped cream as if it were venison.
academics books criticism funny humor interpretation literature readers reading reading-books
Today we have a weakness in our education process in failing to understand the natural associations between the disciplines. We tend to study all our disciplines in unrelated parallel lines. This tends to be true in both Christian and secular education. This is one of the reasons why evangelical Christians have been taken by surprise at the tremendous shift that has come in our generation.
academics culture education
There's no crying in the rank book.
academics crying harsh history sad scholar school
There's nothing like the discovery of an unknown work by a great thinker to set the intellectual community atwitter and cause academics to dart about like those things one sees when looking at a drop of water under a microscope.
academics funny humor science
If you want to find the real competition, just look in the mirror. After awhile you'll see your rivals scrambling for second place.
academics athletes athletics competition confidence improvement inspire mirrors practice practicing reality rivals searching self self-esteem training tso-sports winning
I am successful because of my brains and my guts, put together, and I don't need some fancy-ass degree from a bunch of sweater-vest-wearing pricks who haven't gotten laid since Bush Senior was president.. Do you know who studies sociology? People who would rather observe life than live it.
academics brains guts intelligence sociology
I had good intentions once upon a time. Well, September.
academics teenage-girl young-adult-fiction
