“Britain's boardrooms are secure in a pensions ivory tower,”
Brendan Barber
“The promises of social security and pensions were made by past generations of politicians without the slightest thought or care how they were going to be financed in the long run. The long run has arrived, and the party is about to end.”
Douglas J Utberg
“When they come downstairs from their ivory towers, idealists are apt to walk straight into the gutter”
Logan Pearsall Smith
“[The conference takes Fed staff and academics] out of their ivory tower ... It's the unique mix of those individuals — that's the beauty of it.”
Diane Swonk
“Acknowledging that crime happens in the ivory tower is really tough for them.”
Catherine Bath
“Universities need to get further in touch with things going on outside the ivory towers. At the same time, things going on outside the ivory towers deserved to be discussed in an intelligent and critical way.”
Davarian Baldwin
“My price is five dollars for a miniature on ivory, and I have engaged three or four at that price. My price for profiles is one dollar, and everybody is willing to engage me at that price.”
Samuel Morse
