Famous Quotes & Sayings

There is no other education model today that can take kids and bring them a minimum of six academic years in four years of education.

T. J. Miller

I acted in high school and studied at the British American Drama Academy in Oxford for one summer. I minored in theater, and I was always acting growing up and stuff, but really, I was just more interested in the comedy of it all. So for me, it's always comedy, and then acting is just one medium of comedy.

Our producers were tasked with finding the best and brightest the academic engineering world has to offer for the tasks at hand. Stanford is among the top engineering programs worldwide and therefore was a natural fit.

Our students are a little less overweight, and their academic scores are high. I want the same for every student in Tennessee.

Our student-athletes continually strive to set the standard on the Yard for our Brigade in military performance, academics and conduct, ... The support and encouragement they receive through the Commandant and his staff and the academic dean's office is extraordinary and provides tremendous motivation to be successful across the board. We are all proud to be leaders on the field of competition, but even more so when we can prove to be leaders in the classroom as well, clearly defining the meaning of a midshipman who is truly a scholar-athlete.

Our target is to find an academy player and bring him through to the first team in two years' time.

Our goal is not to sanction teams and schools, but rather to change behavior, and we are starting to see some positive changes in behavior regarding the academic achievements of student-athletes.

Our goal here is to win conference championships on a regular basis without sacrificing academic integrity, and we're certainly in position to start doing that with the football program.

Our vision is to make our products indispensable to all physicians, from independent practitioners to the largest physician practice groups, academic medical centers and specialty groups, and today we are taking two significant strategic steps towards that goal.

Our vision is to build a dynamic international organization that connects members with meaningful content, resources and opportunities. We aim to help students like Nicole build on their academic successes and enhance the skills and desires to have a positive impact on the global community.

Our University understands and has understood over the years that some of our academics will be involved in the political lives of their countries.

Outside our hallway, we have an academic board. The students want to see their name up there. It may not seem to be a big deal for someone walking down the hall, but they do care.

Benoit Mandelbrot

I was in an industrial laboratory because academia found me unsuitable

It is an academic way to get kids involved. Students are problem solving and learning without even knowing it.

Jen had a 4.0 for the past semester and that's just the latest example of what she's contributed to our program from a standpoint of the type of academic success we enjoyed as a team.

Jeff and I recently had several very productive discussions about our football program and its future. Our goals for the program are the same, continue to operate with a high regard for integrity and academic accomplishment, as well as reaffirming our spot as champions of Conference USA and contend for a BCS bowl. We will work together to ensure those goals are accomplished.

Jeff and I have recently had several very productive discussions about our football program and its future. Our goals for the program are the same: continue to operate with a high regard for integrity and academic accomplishment, as well as reaffirming our spot as champions of C-USA and contend for a BCS bowl.

Jessica is new to the team. She drives down from Sarasota Military Academy each day to swim with us.

I see football in Montgomery changing, not for the better. The excitement and enthusiasm is not the same. There are so many things the kids can do now. Football is second priority. Academics kills us. Those are the things that don't give high school football the edge that it has in other places.

I see a kid who is getting a second chance to get the education he missed out on after high school. He has a chance to be academic all-conference.

I reviewed the textbook and I liked what I saw. I saw an academic text that steers clear of being a devotional text.

I returned to Princeton with a research assistantship on February 7, 1934, and remained there through the academic year 1934-35.

I remember when (graffiti film) 'Wild Style' came to the (Honolulu) Academy of Arts. We loaded up the family in the station wagon. At the theater it was us and a couple of hippies from UH.

Jeb Bush

States are free to modify the Common Core State Standards or adopt their own individual standards, because academic standards are the prerogative of the states.

State-of-the-art laboratories are essential in our quest to recruit internationally known biomedical scientists and is key to our staying competitive as an academic health sciences center.

George J. Mitchell

Stanford. It's a pretty good university, and everyone seems to like their academic stores.

Charles Haynes

Some of the courses I've encountered around the country over 20 years would not pass muster in a court of law. They're closer to Sunday School than legitimate academic courses.

Texas' current retention policy has not demonstrated any evidence of improving student success. It has not materially improved our high school graduation rate, nor has retention resulted in improved academic proficiency of graduates.

Margaret Spellings

My top priority is raising student achievement, and I'm going to be as flexible as I possibly can to help all students, ... This is about children's futures and ensuring that New York City's parents have as many options as possible for their children. In exchange for more flexibility, New York City has committed to being accountable for making high-quality academic help available to more students, which will lead to increased achievement.

My sister's a musician. Everyone else in our family, it's either academics or artists of one kind or another. And those are the people that I think I like to hang out with, too. I think, you know, they're always interesting; they lead interesting lives, and I think they're important for everyone to read about because everyone is an artist in a way.

David Newman

My main priorities are to increase the student numbers, keep the school functioning well and maintain a superior academic environment for the students.

Deval Patrick

Massachusetts invested in me 36 years ago. I lived in Chicago in a two bedroom tenement. I came to Massachusetts when I was 14. I had a scholarship to Milton Academy which to me was the other side of the world.

Limited release movies just don't draw very big business unless they get acclaim from the Academy or the Golden Globes. We use this whole Golden Globes and Academy Awards to try to get some of these movies that don't do any business to get some business.