Famous Quotes & Sayings

Cary Sherman

As long as students continue to corrupt this specialized academic network for the flagrant theft of music, we will continue to make it clear that there are consequences for these unlawful actions.

Liam Fox

Britain needs an education system that is appropriate to both society and the individual - and it is wrong to pretend that watering down academic standards in pursuit of universal achievement will do that,

Steve Spurrier

Bobby and I come from academic schools. He comes from Furman and I come from Duke. We're academic guys.

Jennifer James

Black mothers are deciding to stay home because they want to be there when their children come home after school. They want to take a hands-on approach to their children's upbringing. Some black stay-at-home mothers are also home-schooling because they are tired of low academic achievement and racism of all sorts in the schools.

Every high school player not being recruited by a major Division I program in the Pac-10, this gives them a reason to look at Davis. It's a great academic institution. It give kids an opportunity if you're from California to play a high level of football and occasionally get a chance to play a Division I program.

It's not uncommon for private schools across the nation to hold kids back for a year, normally in the intermediate age, ... It's for academic reasons, emotional, physical reasons, to fully develop the child. It wasn't to gain an athletic advantage. It was to develop the study habits to succeed in college.

It's not worth our time to go after kids without the academic credentials.

It's the best indicator of how much academic language they are acquiring. Occasionally, you have kids who all of a sudden get on a real learning curve and you just pour everything you can. It's amazing, they soak up so much.

James Wright

It is this type of leadership that promotes academic excellence in the public schools of Alabama.

For the past decade, the Legislature has been shifting the responsibility of funding Texas schools onto local districts and onto the local property tax, but the local property tax can no longer bear this heavy burden. The Supreme Court's decision makes clear that it is time for the Legislature to step up to the plate and pay for the high academic standards it has imposed on districts and students.

Bill Gross

If Fed Funds were expected to rise in the future, the curve would be positive with intermediate and long bonds requiring higher yields as a cushion against accelerating short rates. If the Fed were expected to lower rates, a flatter, even inverted curve might result. It's not that this academic theory has been dislodged in recent years but it may have been asked to take a seat next to the increasingly important variable of global financial flows. These flows, no doubt, rely critically on the willingness of foreign investors to hold U.S. assets in the face of potential currency and asset price depreciation.

Jack O'Connell

I'd fight tooth and nail to protect our high academic standards and to ensure sound science is protected in our classrooms.

I don't think that's true, that there are majors that can't study abroad.ÊIf there are students who want to, we have short-term or summer programs if they don't want to do a full academic semester, and we can also talk with the heads of their departments and try to work something out.

I don't think that's true, that there are majors that can't study abroad. If there are students who want to, we have short-term or summer programs if they don't want to do a full academic semester, and we can also talk with the heads of their departments and try to work something out.

Mark Dantonio

I asked him about that. They wanted to make the commitment to play one or the other. I brought up the basketball issue, but there was no interest in doing that. Right now, from an academic point of view, he needs to concentrate on one sport.

Jim Jeffords

I fear that this bill, without the sufficient resources, will merely highlight our shortcomings. I fear it will not provide the assistance, both financial and technical, that schools will need to meet the goals of having every student meet their full academic potential.

I (do it) because it supports the kids in their academic activities.

College will be a growing experience for me beyond academics and classes. Everyone here is older. We're adults. Everyone is forced to be mature. Nobody is going to hold your hand like they did in high school.

Colleges love to see that their student applicants have been on these academic programs. A student may be at the top of the class but if your good grades are all you have then colleges might think you're too narrow, ... Being in programs like the National Forensic League or Close Up, show that as a student you have a wide range of interests and some experience in different subjects -- it makes you a more attractive applicant.

Combining academic work with raising a family is a big challenge.

Diane Cilento

I believe academics think that if the child doesn't go to university, they aren't really a serious person and not worth paying the money for.

He thinks academic economists are much more concerned with rules and models, while he's more concerned with making judgments. He has gone to some effort to establish that he is not following a rule.

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.

an attempt to intimidate the American academic community, and especially people of Chinese descent, who have the greatest knowledge of China and the greatest contact with China.

The hype surrounding the SA needs to be improved. People need to know that it's not just dealing with academic issues, because that's what it often gets pegged to. It's also dealing with a variety of student life issues that are really important to not only people who are active in the colleges but also to the people who aren't involved.

The culture is changing in college sports today, and the emphasis on students is coming back into play. That's the goal of academic reform. The goal is not to unnecessarily take scholarships away from teams.

The coaching staff is thrilled with the addition of these 10 young men for the fall of 2006. They are quality individuals who will maintain the integrity and academic excellence we have built within The Ohio State University's men's lacrosse program. They all bring a desire to compete for another conference championship and a trip to the NCAA tournament.

Matt Martin

The club has worked with and supported Diana through significant life obstacles. As a developing learner, staff has coached Diana through her most difficult subjects, teaching her to create and meet her academic goals.

Heather Williams

The challenge that GW has and every major university has is that you have a student body that is very diverse and coming with very individual needs and different expectations, ... Their link is more tied to the academic discipline.

The concern is that the government is using the ideological exclusion provision and other immigration laws to manipulate and censor political and academic debate inside the United States.

Leonard Bernstein

Life without music is unthinkable. Life without music is academic. That is why my contact with music is a total embrace.