Famous Quotes & Sayings

We have a great program for young people that teaches them a lot about aviation and also provides scholarship opportunities, particularly for students who plan to enter the Air Force or attend the U.S. Air Force Academy after graduation.

Rachel Tucker

'We Will Rock You' is one of my favorite shows. I first saw it when I was a student at the Royal Academy and loved it.

We've made great strides in raising academic achievement during the past seven years. I am especially proud that Washington led the nation last year in reading scores for African-American fourth graders. African-American eighth graders in Washington scored better in math than in all but three states. We are closing the achievement gap.

We have been waiting to get back to the regional finals for three years. Jordan Cook (6-10 Hampden Academy center) is a game changer and changes teams with his defense and is pretty smooth offensively as well.

We're very proud of those young men from Conroe High School. They have worked hard through their careers to achieve this academic honor. It's a reflection on them and their families that they have taken their studies so serious. These young men are a reflection of the guys we want in our program. They are well-rounded students who all have bright futures. We're proud that they represent Conroe High School in such a fine fashion.

We have obviously some very bright kids who can do some high-level academic work. But when it comes to playing basketball, nobody cares. Unless we do a good job, nobody's going to appreciate the kind of people that we are or the kind of students that we are.

You bring in a guy like Howard Moore who went to school here, and knows the ins and outs and went through academic struggles himself, and he's been a huge addition in terms of helping and telling them what to expect. He's lived it here.

Winners are candidates (who) have the strongest record of academic accomplishments and the biggest potential for college.

Windows Live Academic Search is another example of our continued efforts to bring innovative search offerings into new categories. We are looking forward to hearing from our customers during the beta period, which will help us improve upon what is available today.

Victoria Abril

When I was 6, I held on to my mother's skirt, screaming that I wanted to be a dancer. She enrolled me in an academy in Madrid when I turned 8.

We put a big emphasis on academic achievement in our program. So for the girls to be recognized for this a great testament to how hard they work and how well they are able to balance the time demands of being a student-athlete.

We provide them opportunities to interact with their fellow students in a variety of ways, whether it's athletics, academic competitions, student groups.

We do have to buy players like Real Madrid and AC Milan so we can't say our philosophy is just to use young players, ... We will bring players in from outside and inside but it is up to me and the academy to make sure the players are good enough.

Patricia Kennedy

While academics certainly are the most important aspect of school, it's important that we create a well-rounded educational experience.

While academic abilities remain integral, it is the work ethics that form the soul of the business.

We're always happy to be highly placed by any ranking, and we are very proud of our academic programs. But we always question whether rankings alone are enough for anyone to judge the quality of an institution.

We'd want to have any sort of preventive measures in place before we reach the beginning of the next academic year.

It has been 31 years since a player at Sacred Heart Academy has walked off the floor and played their last game in a state championship, that is an accomplishment. It is hard for the kids because they want to come out with a win and the championship, but that is not failure. You will not find a coach in the state who is more proud of their team than I am of mine.

I study a lot. I pay attention to my homework. My parents have pushed academics all my life. When I get home, I do my homework before I do anything else.

It allows them to focus on their senior year, concentrate on academics and on having a good time playing ball.

Thomas Jane

It allowed me to explore beats of the play in an academic environment where there is a lot of feedback.

It definitely is motivation. It's the reason you want to play your favorite sports and continue on to the next level. You have to stay on top of your academics to play for a Division 1 college. You have to maintain a 3.0 or higher if you want to continue to play.

She's living the life that's kind of honoring her mother right now and doing that in every area that she can, from academics to gymnastics to her relationships. It's also helped this team understand and value their relationships that they have between each other and their own family members.

Andrea Martin

Oh yeah, I'm about to host the Genies, which are the Canadian Academy Awards.

Albert Einstein

Hell! there ain't no rules around here! We are tryin' to accomplish somep'n!

Simon Mawer

When writing fiction, you only have to know enough to be convincing on the page. I mean really convincing, of course - but you don't need academic depth.

Donald Knuth

Programming is legitimate and necessary academic endeavour.

Harold E. Varmus

In preparation for a career in academic medicine, I worked as a medical house officer at Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital from 1966 to 1968 and then joined Ira Pastan's laboratory at the National Institutes of Health as a Clinical Associate.

Harold E. Varmus

I had learned of Gertrude Stein's bon mot that medicine opened all doors. This prompted me, in different moods, to view my future life as literary psychiatrist, globe-trotting tropical disease specialist, or academic internist.

I had an interest in health policy and a realization that, as an academic physician, one of the things you're always looking to do is to have your clinical interests and your scholarly interests overlap and reinforce one another.

The decentralized culture was very effective with addressing academic issues. But was that same decentralized culture serving communication as well? The consensus seemed to be no.

George M. Whitesides

We academics - I am an academic - we love complexity. You can write papers about complexity, and the nice thing about complexity is it's fundamentally intractable in many ways, so you're not responsible for outcomes.

Tucker Max

You know, even big-time academics kind of have groupies. Anyone with any sort of fame. So, like, in your micro-world, or in your niche, you're kind of like a celebrity.