Quotes about Lectures

I read Freud's Introductory Lectures in Psychoanalysis in basically one sitting. I decided to enroll in medical school. It was almost like a conversion experience. Votes: 6

Behold I do not give lectures or a little charity, When I give I give myself. Votes: 4

I went on all over the States, ranting poems to enthusiastic audiences that, the week before, had been equally enthusiastic about lectures on Railway Development or the Modern Turkish Essay. Votes: 4

I never lecture, not because I am shy or a bad speaker, but simply because I detest the sort of people who go to lectures and don't want to meet them. Votes: 4

It's easy enough to foist your music collection on your kids. Lectures are not required; you just play the stuff while they are prisoner in the back seat on a long drive, or softly in the background while eating dinner. Votes: 4

When a nominee for the Supreme Court, one of only nine lifetime appointments, makes an overtly brazen racist comment about tens of millions of American citizens, we don't need lectures. What we need to do is to confront her with what she said and what it says about her. Votes: 4

Lectures often confuse our kids, but the example we set is crystal clear. Votes: 3

Lectures should go from being like the family singing around the piano to high-quality concerts. Votes: 3

Lectures which really teach will never be popular; lectures which are popular will never really teach. Votes: 3

Lectures were once useful; but now when all can read, and books are so numerous, lectures are unnecessary. Votes: 3

Mistakes Are Life's Lectures You Didn't Plan To Attend But Situations Or People Made You Attend Them....Pay Attention And Learn From Them Votes: 3

In Philadelphia, I inadvertently came upon an edition of Robert Ingersoll's Essays and Lectures. This was an exciting discovery; his atheism confirmed my own belief that the horrific cruelty of the Old Testament was degrading to the human spirit. Votes: 3

But Dr. Smith says, and I believe it to be a true state of the case, that he himself gave a course of Lectures in Natural Philosophy, during the same winter, and that the money raised by them was also applied towards paying for the Orrery. Votes: 3

For official record, announce instructor, the state requires no epic hero. No strive achieve personal celebrity of spotlight and applause. Lectures instructor, the state desires best ideal perform as mediocre. No gain attention showboat. No buffoon. Best effort so occur average. Suppress climbing ego. Become ordinary. Invisible. Votes: 3

A lecture is much more of a dialogue than many of you probably realize. Votes: 2

In all my lectures, I have taught one doctrine, namely, the infinitude of the private man. Votes: 2

As you lecture, you keep watching the faces, and information keeps coming back to you all the time. Votes: 2

Things are not quite what they seem always. Don't start me on class, otherwise you'll get a four-hour lecture. Votes: 2

Going to a party, for me, is as much a learning experience as, you know, sitting in a lecture. Votes: 2

I delivered lectures, and I was also a consultant for international companies in finance, both private equity and big venture capital funds. Votes: 2

Having George W. Bush giving a lecture on business ethics is like having a leper give you a facial, it just doesn't work! Votes: 2

Before I came here I was confused about this subject. Having listened to your lecture I am still confused. But on a higher level. Votes: 2

He that knows himself, knows others; and he that is ignorant of himself, could not write a very profound lecture on other men's heads. Votes: 2

When audiences come to see us authors lecture, it is largely in the hope that we'll be funnier to look at than to read. Votes: 2

The golf ball has no sense at all, which is why it has to be given stern lectures constantly, especially during the act of putting. Votes: 2

I learnt pity, sympathy, and what it was like to be at the other end of the stick. Such lessons can't be learnt in lecture halls. Votes: 2

So, I am independently well-off and don't have to do anything, but I still do. I write books, lecture around the world, work with scientists and governments. Votes: 2

Sotomayor's vainglorious lecture bromide about herself as 'a wise Latina' trumping white men is a vulgar embarrassment - a vestige of the bad old days of male-bashing feminism. Votes: 2

The atmosphere of libraries, lecture rooms and laboratories is dangerous to those who shut themselves up in them too long. It separates us from reality like a fog. Votes: 2

I was always a huge fan of E. E. Cummings. He did a series of lectures at Harvard or Princeton, and they were recorded. And they were incredibly moving. Votes: 2

More academics should blog, post videos, post audio, post lectures, offer articles and more. You'll enjoy it: I've had threats and blackmail, abuse, smears and formal complaints with forged documentation. Votes: 2

This is unusual for me. I have given readings and not lectures. I have told people who ask for lectures that I have no lecture to give. And that is true. Votes: 2

When I enrolled in college at age 19, I had a total of eight years of formal classroom education. As a result, I was not comfortable with formal lectures and receiving regular homework assignments. Votes: 2

One very clear memory I have of college is that I never learned anything in the big lectures. I have a feeling I'd have done even worse if they'd been on a laptop screen. Votes: 2

I go to lectures and girls are finding out about Bikini Kill or Le Tigre for the first time and are like,' This is my jam!' It still feels fresh to them. Votes: 2

Of course, some would say if you have a performing inclination, then you should become a lawyer. That's a platform we use, or a priest. You know, anywhere you lecture and pontificate to people. Votes: 2

In an undergraduate business environment, the best learning experience is the interaction students have with each other. They need to learn from each other as much as from professors and lectures and other teaching tools. Votes: 2

When I give a lecture, I accept that people look at their watches, but what I do not tolerate is when they look at it and raise it to their ear to find out if it stopped. Votes: 2

I do a lot of lectures on survival. I always say you can't change what happened, so have a little wallow, feel very sorry for yourself, and then get up and move forward. You can't change what happened. Votes: 2

When people are desperate or wealthy, they turn to socialism; only when they have no other alternative do they embrace the free market. After all, lies about guaranteed security are far more seductive than lectures about personal responsibility. Votes: 2

I work with a place in Santa Monica called Phase IV. My doctor recommended them to me when I started losing weight. They help people train for things like triathlons or biking and running races. They offer physical therapists, testing, lectures. Votes: 2

My intention to lecture is as vague as my intention is to go on the stage. I will never consider an offer to lecture, not because I despise the vocation, but because I have no desire to appear on the public rostrum. Votes: 2

It is just called Continuing Legal Education. You can go to lectures, you can even listen to tapes on airplanes - they want you to stay current. So you do have to stay current to maintain your license even if you are not practicing. Votes: 2

We shall listen, not lecture; learn, not threaten. We will enhance our safety by earning the respect of others and showing respect for them. In short, our foreign policy will rest on the traditional American values of restraint and empathy, not on military might. Votes: 2

If you were to actually travel around schools and universities and listen in on lectures about evolution, you might find a fairly substantial fraction of young people, without knowing what it is they disapprove of, think they disapprove of it, because they've been brought up to. Votes: 2

Imagine if baseball were taught the way science is taught in most inner-city schools. Schoolchildren would get lectures about the history of the World Series. High school students would occasionally reproduce famous plays of the past. Nobody would get in the game themselves until graduate school. Votes: 2

I like what I'm doing. Today at 88, I wouldn't think of quitting because I can't think of anything else I would rather do. And now with my lectures on all the charitable things that I do, just as you do, I think that what I'm doing matters. Votes: 2

I was married to a law student, and I used to attend classes with him at Georgetown University Law Center. Being of dramatic bent, I was drawn mainly to Criminal law and Evidence classes. A just-beginning writer, I would find an empty chair and listen, mesmerized, to the lectures. Votes: 2

I have lectured at the U.N. and travelled widely, giving lectures on human rights and gender inequalities in universities. But this is a life I do not wish to live. I don't want to be a showcase, I want to be in a battlefield where I can stand beside the oppressed and the poor. Votes: 2

When you go somewhere like Kenya and you see how the children don't have pencils and pens, and all of these things are considered luxuries, and what a privilege they see education as and how hungry they are to learn, I wanted to give my brother and sister long lectures. That definitely stayed with me. Votes: 2

My lectures, based on Islamic teachings, were on various subjects. Some of the titles were, 'The Intoxication of Life,' 'The Purpose of Life,' 'The Real Cause of Man's Distress,' 'The Journey to the Goal in Life,' and, one of my favorites, 'The Heart of Man.' They contained important insights that spoke to something deep inside me. Votes: 2

A city like London is sociable in a sense that there are people gathering in bars and restaurants, concerts and lectures. Yet you can partake of all these experiences and never say hello to anyone new. And one of the things that all religions do is take groups of strangers into a space and say it is OK to talk to each other. Votes: 2

Wounds make better lessons than lectures. Votes: 0

You won't catch me giving clear lectures. Votes: 0

You won't catch me giving clear lectures. Votes: 0

I attended [Sir Humphry] Davy's lectures to renew my stock of metaphors. Votes: 0

I followed lectures on the history, geography, economy and political organization of Sweden. Votes: 0

What clinical lectures I will give in heaven, demonstrating the ignorance of doctors! Votes: 0

Journalism is an immense power, that threatens soon to supersede sermons, lectures, and books. Votes: 0

What is the use of merely listening to lectures? The real thing is practice. Votes: 0

Education is the sum of what students teach each other between lectures and seminars. Votes: 0

She's so beautiful. She lectures a lot, like her father, but she's really beautiful. Votes: 0

Live in the fields, and God will give you lectures on natural philosophy every day. Votes: 0

I prefer to hike in nature, give lectures, or be with family when not working. Votes: 0

I should like to make myself free to all who care to attend my lectures. Votes: 0

I didn't go to the lectures. My valet, who was more distinguished than I, went instead. Votes: 0

Events sometimes are the biggest teachers, as opposed to words, lectures, and that kind of thing. Votes: 0

Oh, that Einstein, always skipping lectures... I certainly never would have thought he could do it. Votes: 0

A slap in the face is more effective than ten lectures. It makes you understand very quickly. Votes: 0

Don't be surprised if in the 21st century lectures on meditation appear in university catalogues for physics. Votes: 0

We need to have lectures about why we can't have every day things like mayonnaise, ketchup and coke. Votes: 0

I give lectures for money, but all the money goes to charity. So, I make no money from it. Votes: 0

I give lectures on globalization. I have lived on three continents. I have no quarrel with a global consciousness. Votes: 0

My lectures were highly esteemed, but I am of opinion my operations rather kept down my practice, than increased it. Votes: 0

Live events and lectures in front of large audiences. It is the best. I like it more than eating dinner. Votes: 0

My lectures are published and not published; they will be intelligible to those who heard them, and to none beside. Votes: 0

The instruction at Edinburgh was altogether by lectures, and these were intolerably dull, with the exception of those on chemistry. Votes: 0

The danger of lectures is that they create the illusion of teaching for teachers, and the illusion of learning for learners. Votes: 0

Whenever I have given lectures to a large audience before, I have always looked for an ending that gives a 'wow' feeling. Votes: 0

Let children feed on the good, the excellent, the great! Don't get in their way with little lectures, facts, and guided tours! Votes: 0

As a heart surgeon I am on constant call, and when not researching or giving lectures, I like to be with my family. Votes: 0

If the Royal Variety Show was put in a matter transportation machine with the Royal Institution Christmas lectures, this is what you'd get. Votes: 0

I used my talent as a speaker giving lectures to young people at schools in Hungary and I speak against hatred and anti-Semitism. Votes: 0

Show me a Professor of Education, especially a Professor of E-learning, who lectures, and I'll show you a hypocrite who doesn't read the research. Votes: 0

[I] browsed far outside science in my reading and attended public lectures - Bertrand Russell, H. G. Wells, Huxley, and Shaw being my favorite speakers. Votes: 0

In case you're unfamiliar with TED, it is a series of short lectures on a variety of subjects that stream on the Internet for free. Votes: 0

I write books, I write for comic books, I give lectures... I live. And when the opportunity comes to do a picture, I do a picture. Votes: 0

Most people can tire of a lecture in fifteen minutes, clever people can do it in five, and sensible people don't go to lectures at all. Votes: 0

The most important conversations, briefings, meeting, and lectures you will ever have will be those you hold with yourself in the privacy of your own mind. Votes: 0

Instead of going to Paris to attend lectures, go to the public library, and you won't come out for twenty years, if you really wish to learn. Votes: 0

A nap, my friend, is a brief period of sleep which overtakes superannuated persons when they endeavor to entertain unwelcome visitors or to listen to scientific lectures. Votes: 0

Even though I had a good income from my lectures, no one would give me a loan. The insanity almost drove me to sympathize with the feminist movement. Votes: 0

In those days [the 1790s],the students paid their professors directly for the lectures-typically about three guineas a class (a guinea was worth slightly more than a pound). Votes: 0

All the time our union was progressing very nicely. There were lectures to make us understand what trades unionism is and our real position in the labor movement. Votes: 0

There are great science books that were conceived as books. Feynman's famous introductory lectures in physics, which have a beginning and an end, which are written with style. Votes: 0

Five years from now on the web for free you’ll be able to find the best lectures in the world. It will be better than any single university. Votes: 0

You see, Suzanne, history lectures bore me, art films bore me, your friends bore me, and, if you want to know the truth, I guess you bore me too. Votes: 0

One of my friends, reading the title of these lectures [The Whence and Whither of Man] said: "Of man's origin you know nothing, of his future you know less." Votes: 0

You cannot lecture on really pure poetry any more than you can talk about the ingredients of pure water-it is adulterated, methylated, sanded poetry that makes the best lectures. Votes: 0

The National Socialist Party will prevent in the future, by force if necessary, all meetings and lectures which are likely to exercise a depressing influence on the German state. Votes: 0

The modern school without systematic lectures turns out many graduates who lack retention. No sooner has the sound of the word left their teacher's lips, the subject has been forgotten. Votes: 0

The Killing Fields, my character's teachings frame the movie and the argument of his lectures is the challenge of dealing with the painfulness of life in the absence of faith. Votes: 0

Processions, meetings, military parades, lectures, waxwork displays, film shows, telescreen programs all had to be organized; stands had to be erected, effigies built, slogans coined, songs written, rumours circulated, photographs faked. Votes: 0

Sir, you have tasted two whole worms; you have hissed all my mystery lectures and been caught fighting a liar in the quad; you will leave by the next town drain. Votes: 0

It is one of the noblest duties of a university to advance knowledge, and to diffuse it not merely among those who can attend the daily lectures—but far and wide. Votes: 0

Here we have a saying: a good friend is someone who visits you when you are in prison. But a really good friend is someone who comes to hear your lectures. Votes: 0

Focus on the mind and the soul. Read. Study. Enrol in a course of lectures. Pray. Become a member of a religious congregation. Study the Bible or other ancient works of wisdom. Votes: 0

The infidelity that springs from the heart is not to be reached by a course of lectures on the evidences of Christianity; argument did not cause, and argument will not remove it. Votes: 0

Then there are the people who know me from the lectures. What I am really trying to do, what I need to accomplish at this time, is to fill in the gaps. Votes: 0

I couldn't reconcile what I was being taught at the university of Chicago, the lectures and the books I was being assigned, with what I knew to be true out in the streets. Votes: 0

If all the students who slept through lectures were laid end to end, they'd all be a lot more comfortable. If all the world's a stage, I want to operate the trap door. Votes: 0

All the sutras in the world are useless. All the lectures of all the teachers don't really mean anything. They are only words. They point in a direction, that is their only use. Votes: 0

Every flower of the field, every fiber of a plant, every particle of an insect carries with it the impress of its Maker and can-if duly considered-read us lectures of ethics or divinity. Votes: 0

While I regard the Nakba as an ongoing crime that needs to be prosecuted and reversed...Shavit defends its necessity and lectures Palestinians trapped in squalid refugee camps to just get over it. Votes: 0

Instructions for Adam Look after no one except yourself. Go to university and make lots of friends and get drunk. Forget your door keyes. Laugh. Eat pot-noodles for breakfast. Miss lectures. Be irresponsible. Votes: 0

We don't need flowery words about inequality to tell us that, and we don't need a party that has led while poverty and hunger rose to record levels to give us lectures about suffering. Votes: 0

A poet or novelist will invent interruptions to avoid long consecutive days at the ordained page; and of these the most pernicious are other kinds of writing -- articles, lectures, reviews, a wide correspondence. Votes: 0

When I'm makin' lectures to these universities, I tell 'em I like that little building because when I run short a audience, if I can get three people in there I've got a good crowd. Votes: 0

I thought I would be an organic chemist. I went off to university, and when I couldn't understand the chemistry lectures I decided that I would be a zoologist, because zoologists seemed like life-loving people. Votes: 0