Famous Quotes & Sayings

Sonia Sotomayor

With my academic achievement in high school, I was accepted rather readily at Princeton and equally as fast at Yale, but my test scores were not comparable to that of my classmates. And that's been shown by statistics, there are reasons for that.

We are disappointed to have any team below the NCAA cut line and will only increase our diligence to ensure that our student-athletes have the academic support and encouragement they need to be successful.

Two years ago, we were in academic emergency. We have shown continuous improvement as a school system. If we don't get this levy passed, we will lose everything we have gained.

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.

Our Academy represents thousands of music people across the country, many of whom were directly affected by the New Orleans tragedy. Music's Biggest Night wouldn't be complete if we didn't take this unique opportunity to pay homage to a region with such rich musical history and culture. New Orleans, we'll always be there for you.

Right now our nation is focused on academic excellence. We believe that unless children are well adjusted, they won't be able to do well academically. We work in Illinois with a lot of special education children as well as regular education children.

Rod Marsh was on top of the list of the possible candidates. Rod's rich experience as a top-class international player and highly respected academy coach in Australia and England will be an invaluable asset.

Rod Marsh was on top of the list of the possible candidates, ... Rod's rich experience as a top-class international player and highly respected academy coach in Australia and England will be an invaluable asset.

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.

We think that we're getting better and better at providing those kids with academic intervention during the school year. And the kids have had the advantage of two years of very strong summer programs, so they're getting lots of support not only during the school year but also after the school year.

We are an educational environment and we are not going to restrict access to research in an academic setting,

We are very proud of the academic progress we've made. I feel our program is as competitive both academically and athletically as any in the nation. We have gone to seven straight bowl games and our APR score ranks in the top 10 in the nation. That's a great accomplishment by our team and our staff.

We are students first. Academics are a higher priority. It should be a sign that good, dedicated representatives are needed on this assembly.

We are very excited to see the Tutor Time brand expand into the Portuguese child care and early education market. As we have seen in our other international franchise schools, Tutor Time's strong academic reputation and emphasis on caring for the whole child can be successfully translated into other cultures.

We are very excited about welcoming more students to Cal State San Marcos and meeting our spring 2006 and annual enrollment targets. There is a growing awareness of the excellent academic programs and student life on our campus.

We didn't play a good game. And Latin Academy came to play. We just weren't ready.

We went to Connecticut and I met the cadets from the Coast Guard Academy because they read my book over the summer for class,

We want all students, white, black, middle-class, affluent, working class, international students, to think about why addressing these issues is important for the educational experience elite liberal arts colleges impart on all of their students. We want to raise questions and problem-solve about how academia as a whole can affect change in larger society.

Ben Goldacre

In an ideal world, you might imagine that scientific papers were only cited by academics on the basis of their content. This might be true. But lots of other stuff can have an influence.

Bill Self

Brandon and his family rightfully have been waiting for positive feedback from the NCAA Clearinghouse concerning his eligibility, ... We received information from the Clearinghouse today, and Brandon is eligible to pursue a college career this academic year.

The main factor in selection of schools for 'The Best 361 Colleges' book was our high regard for their academic programs.

Noam Chomsky

In the United States, one of the main topics of academic political science is the study of attitudes and policy and their correlation. The study of attitudes is reasonably easy in the United States: heavily-polled society, pretty serious and accurate polls, and policy you can see, and you can compare them.

The days in between this weekend and the Big Ten Championships will be rest. You can't ask much of your athletes when they are competing in five-hour matches. You have to be careful in monitoring everything from academics to mental relaxation.

The market is looking for 50 basis points and they have it priced in. Either the market has it wrong or the academics have it wrong, but either way next week's economic numbers will be crucial.

That's an aberration. In our last game against Washington Academy we made about 67 percent, but before that we were 54 percent as a team, so we've spent a lot of time in practice shooting foul shots for the last couple of games.

He was not involved in the negotiations with P&O to purchase terminal facilities in the United States. He has over 30 years of port and maritime experience, is a graduate of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy and is a former naval officer.

Tessa Jowell

This Skills Task Force should be a small, dynamic core of business leaders, government representatives and academics meeting to examine the problem of skills shortages in Europe. It is estimated that there will be 1.7 million vacancies in the IT sector by 2003. This European-wide approach is vital if we are to ensure we have a sufficiently skilled work force to meet the needs of the IT industry,

Coach Groh has provided strong leadership for the university's football program, and we want to ensure continuity in its future academic and athletic successes.

Chris Hernandez

Coach Walberg and all the coaches at Clovis West prepared me very well with discipline, academics and mental toughness.

Vincent Bugliosi

Anyone who would look at me and say that Scalia would have done the same thing for Gore as Bush, I will personally nominate them for an Academy Award.