(41 quotes found)
“Some years there just isn't enough work for lecturers. That, in general, is the source of reason. We do this when the budget comes out every year. It's a budgetary derived decision, and people have the right to know - so we tell them.”
David Lawton
“I didn't go to the lectures. My valet, who was more distinguished than I, went instead.”
Witold Gombrowicz
“This lecture took place 17 years ago. He is an English citizen. He doesn't live in Austria and he is 68 years old. He is not really dangerous, especially not to Austria.”
Elmar Kresbach
“I don't need you to lecture me.”
Michael Brown
“Instead of lecturing, I like to basically have them ask me questions, and I'll answer anything they want to know. Like what's the basic play of hockey? What's the object of the game? It's to create a two-on-one on the ice.”
Chuck Kaiton
“It would take years to rehabilitate all of the large lecture classes. We simply do not have the funding from the government.”
Bob Albanese
“What school, college, or lecture bring men depends on what men bring to carry it home in.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Those lectures were just terrible, ... I would draw this little rat who was on four legs. Whatever thoughts I had for the day I gave to him. It was therapeutic.”
Stephan Pastis
“When you wish to instruct, be brief; that men's minds take in quickly what you say, learn its lesson, and retain it faithfully. Every word that is unnecessary only pours over the side of a brimming mind.”
Marcus Tullius Cicero
“This has weakened his claim to be the one who could lecture other financial ministers on how to run their economies. He should publicly apologize to the IMF staffers whom he scolded last time for being too pessimistic on the U.K.”
Holger Schmieding
