Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ian Johnson

People think our team is a bunch of academic nerds and freaks. I prefer the term dork because you can be a dork and be a little bit cool as opposed to being a complete nerd where it's all books and studying.

As the vast majority of AU students are politically liberal, I think this creates an environment where a liberal point of view is automatically the only 'correct' point of view. That isn't healthy for academic debates and discussions.

Dexter has left the team for personal reasons. He leaves the university in good academic standing.

Competitive debate builds confidence, improves academic achievement, and develops leadership skills. The Houston Urban Debate League is bringing competitive debate into more high schools across the city, and that is great news for our schools and for our community. With the HUDL leading the charge, Great Debaters will develop and thrive throughout Houston.

Andy can never undo the damage that his actions have caused. However, he has paid the price - his academic career is ruined, his reputation sullied, and his personal shame unremitting.

The University went into this knowing that our role was going to be to raise the standards of the current academic program.

Winona LaDuke

The University of Minnesota has basically said, 'Well, we aren't intending to do it. But we want the right to.' And that's the problem, is that open door. I understand academic freedom. I'm a big supporter of academic freedom. But I feel like there should be some academic responsibility.

The University of Colorado is a gold mine ... and we're going to work our tail off to bring a great coach to this program to match the academic standing of this institution. That will be my sole focus.

The university has a budget and some of it goes to Academic Affairs. Every year within their budget they can hire 'X' number of teachers. The president has decided to add to that amount with the $1 million this year.

The way that Wheaton Academy plays, it played right into Ryan Wagner's game. He's long and lengthy, and he can score around the basket. Our wheel was working, and we were getting a lot of baskets inside.

This goes back two or three years, (when we were) sorting out what we could do for the (Plan for Academic Enrichment) in advance of the campaign.

John Clarke

This award is presented by the state. They make their choices based on both athletic and academic excellence.

This approach will reduce the initial training academy costs. And incentives should be explored to attract quality applicants.

This is academics in action, purposeful learning. We need to teach kids to give and to help others.

This is an academic enterprise of a particular kind in the fine arts: taking a program and honing it to a very high degree.

Mike Ferguson

This initiative aims to marry the best of drug industry practice with academic excellence in a university environment.

This inaugural class will set the tone with high academic standards, a deep commitment to public service and a resolve not to fail. The main theme of the presentation will be to encourage students to set high goals and make every effort to exceed them.

This has been a most difficult decision I have ever had to make in my entire life. But after consultation with my doctor and my family, I have decided not to rejoin the football team. I will focus on regaining my health and my academic pursuit of getting an MBA.

They told us the academics are refused, but continue to persistently stalk them.

A lot of people will have that mentality of: Why Truman?, but I'll tell you what - we have a lot of good things at Truman. The people who go to school here are pretty fortunate. I'm fortunate to be here. We have the best academics in the conference. Our kids are getting jobs. We've just been named the No. 1 school in the conference for graduation rate. That's what you talk about.

A lot of the people who watch the Academy Awards don't go to movies. So what's on stage is the only performance of yours they're going to see.

A lot of the lads have been at the Academy this winter so we have been training quite hard in indoor school, so to get outside and get a bit of Caribbean sunshine and get some competitive cricket is very exciting for everybody. So we are looking forward to it.

A meeting of the Academic Council (AC) has been scheduled for Monday, while a meeting of the Governing Council (GC) has been scheduled for September 14. We decided to open up the Academic Department for two days - today and tomorrow - to facilitate the meeting of the AC.

A lot of us are concerned about the academic performance of baseball teams.

The Youth Baseball Academy will serve as a sanctuary for kids interested not only in how the game is played but how the game can be a positive and productive part of their lives. The Compton academy is part of Major League Baseball's Urban Youth Initiative, which is an ambitious and important project that is designed to grow the game and to help inner city kids make better lives for themselves.

You show me a great athletic program and you're probably going to have a great academic program as well, ... For some reason, they go hand in hand. There's no doubt there's a huge correlation.

You meet interesting people and do interesting things as a cadet. I like the people and the training. I'd like to go to the Air Force Academy after I graduate, and I think this will really help.

This is a welcomed validation that the NCAA believes we are on the right path with our academic game plan.

Bob Muglia

This is for any workload which needs high-power computing. We are seeing a transition from government and academic use to a broader market - to bring it into the mainstream. The sweet spot is not for really big machines but in the range of 4 to 64 way machines.

This is despite a 53% decrease in the U.S. SIDS rate since the American Academy of Pediatrics recommended in 1992 that babies be placed to sleep on their backs, ... This reduced rate reflects nearly 3,000 fewer infant deaths per year, or over 15,000 fewer deaths since the original back-to-sleep recommendation.

Bud Selig

This is an important and very historic development for Major League Baseball. Baseball has always served as a bridge that links generations. We created this academy to shore up that bridge in the urban community.

Eric Hyman

This is a tremendous accomplishment for our student-athletes. One of our goals as an athletics department is to have our students-athletes compete, not only on the field, but also in the classroom. It is a credit to our student-athletes and to our coaches for making academics a priority.

They gave a nice academic touch to our squad.