“The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.”
Aristotle
“American universities are organized on the principle of the nuclear rather than the extended family. Graduate students are grimly trained to be technicians rather than connoisseurs. The old German style of universal scholarship has gone.”
Camille Paglia
“I used to tell women graduate students, half-seriously, that the role of slightly rebellious daughter was one of the better roles for women living in patriarchy.”
Carol Gilligan
“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”
Nelson Mandela
“I graduated from the University, my wife graduated from the University, my oldest daughter is a graduate, my middle daughter is attending and my daughter in high school will probably go next year,”
Daniel Moore
“It is going to be really exciting because the concerts I am conducting will be graduate students. I think they will be outstanding.”
Carol Smith
“When I was a graduate student at Harvard, I learned about showers and central heating. Ten years later, I learned about breakfast meetings. These are America's three great contributions to civilization.”
Mervyn A. King
