Quotes about My University

War was my university. Everything has proceeded from there. Votes: 5

Davos is my university. Votes: 4

I didn't go to university or get a degree, but I hired somebody as a mentor - and that I considered my university education. Votes: 4

I flunked my exam for university two times before I was accepted by what was considered my city's worst university, Hangzhou Teachers University. I was studying to be a high school English teacher. In my university, I was elected student chairman and later became chairman of the city's Students Federation. Votes: 4

Life is my university, and I hope to graduate from it with some distinction. Votes: 3

I am not topper in my university but all toppers are working in my microsoft company. Votes: 3

I didn't go to school much. I was thrown out of different schools, and my university is the street. Votes: 3

If my university years taught me anything, it was that the smarter a woman's background, the more primitive her bedchamber Votes: 3

Universities in general and my university in particular really has to reach out and find ways to engage more with a broader array of ideas and political thought. Votes: 3

ACID Kreationz was founded in 2008. I formed this business with the purpose of paying my university tuition because my teaching salary would not be able to cover school payments. Votes: 3

It's funny that you [Zachary Quinto] did a monologue from Pounding Nails in the Floor With My Forehead. I did the same thing for my university when I went to USC. Votes: 3

I got a chance to listen to and watch Thelonious Monk and his quartet play two shows a night, for six weeks. It was a great education. There was my university, man. Votes: 3

Living in South Korea as a girl meant living under a lot of discrimination and limitation. It was the same in my university and in the Korean literary world I am involved in. Votes: 3

I joined the Wildlife Conservation Society, working there, in 1995, but I started working with them as a student in 1991. I was appointed as a teaching assistant at my university because I accomplished with honor. Votes: 3

When I was single I used to list the qualities that I would need in my first love. Then one ordinary day in my university, I looked into the eyes of a girl and saw everything I ever needed. The rest is history ; ) Votes: 3

My latter schooldays and my university days were during the war, when science - physics, in particular - was a very important and glamorous subject. A lot of us felt that if we couldn't get into science, we might try engineering or medicine. Votes: 3

I was baptized as an infant. I was confirmed as an adolescent; I was active in my church's youth group and in my university student group. I was married before the church's altar; trained at the church's seminaries, ordained deacon and priest at age 24. Votes: 3

Changi became my university instead of my prison. ... Among the inmates there were experts in all walks of life - the high and the low roads. I studied and absorbed everything I could from physics to counterfeiting, but most of all I learned the art of surviving. Votes: 3

My mum wanted me to go to university. Votes: 2

My university work was not central to my education. Votes: 2

My studio was on 9th Street between University and Broadway. Votes: 2

The universities are available only to those who share my revolutionary beliefs. Votes: 2

I was the first person to go to university from my family. Votes: 2

I paid for my own education by scholarship until I left university. Votes: 2

I literally paid my way through the University of Texas with my umpiring. Votes: 2

Some of my finest memories are from my time at the University of Texas. Votes: 2

Cambridge is one of the best universities in the world, especially in my field. Votes: 2

My father was educated in Cork, in the University of Cork, in the '50s. Votes: 2

My mother, Dorothy Watson, had met my father in a Greek class at Northwestern University. Votes: 2

My University of Management will create managers who will float in happiness, success and fulfillment. Votes: 2

My record at the University of California as an undergraduate was mediocre to say the best. Votes: 2

My charitable donations go to educational efforts, such as Teach for America, Vanderbilt University, Berkshire School. Votes: 2

My parents didn't go to university and weren't brought up in England. They hadn't heard of any other universities other than 'Cambridge' or 'Oxford.' Votes: 2

My dad was dean of fine arts at the university. I was casting bronzes in the school foundry. I was using the university as a playground. Votes: 2

I didn't completed my University Education Votes: 0

I didn't even complete my University Education Votes: 0

I received my doctorate from the University of Vienna in 1910. Votes: 0

The University of Google is where I got my degree from. Votes: 0

I started acting at the University of Michigan in my sophomore year, Votes: 0

I started acting at the University of Michigan in my sophomore year. Votes: 0

My parents would have loved me to go to university - Oxbridge, particularly. Votes: 0

Throughout my life I have dreamed of coaching at the University of Michigan, Votes: 0

My great grandfather, Raj, was from Punjab, India. My grandmother graduated Rajasthan University. Votes: 0

I went to Boston University and got my BFA, and performed Off Broadway. Votes: 0

I went to university and I was a bit out of my depth, socially. Votes: 0

My challenge as university minister is about getting right balance of teaching and research. Votes: 0

Seen at Liberty University: "I hope the Rapture happens before my student loans are due." Votes: 0

For my undergraduate work, I went to Oklahoma State University and graduated from there in 1977. Votes: 0

For my undergraduate work, I went to Oklahoma State University and graduated from there in 1977 Votes: 0

I was enrolled to attend Norfolk State University and then my career kind of kicked off. Votes: 0

In my teens and university and stuff, video games became more realistic, or they started to. Votes: 0

I listen to Radio 4 all the time. I didn't go to university, so that's my further education. Votes: 0

In 1978, when I was 17 and in my first year at university, I read approximately 3,500 pages of Dickens. Votes: 0

My real education began when I entered the University of Chicago in September 1951 as a graduate student. Votes: 0

At my father's request I took up the study of law at the University of Zurich In 1863. Votes: 0

At Oxford University, the certainties of my atheist faith (and atheism is a faith) began to crumble Votes: 0

The Brigham Young University (BYU) campus was just a few blocks from my home and tuition was minimal. Votes: 0

I am presently in my thirteenth year of teaching a graduate course at the University of Southern California. Votes: 0

My mom came from such humble beginnings and especially my dad as well. He didn't go to university. Votes: 0

I went to Brown University, but my mom said I couldn't be an artist because I would starve. Votes: 0

During my medical education at the University of Basle I found vivisection horrible, barbarous and above all unnecessary Votes: 0

One of reasons I was able to go to university was because of the sacrifices my family made. Votes: 0

The University of North Carolina provided me with every tool necessary to rise to the top of my profession. Votes: 0

Some of my finest memories are from my time at the University of Texas. College baseball, I love it. Votes: 0

I met my wife, Margaret L. Mack, at the University of Chicago. We were married in 1936. She died in 1970. Votes: 0

My main graduate training was received at the University of Chicago from which I received the Ph.D. in 1938. Votes: 0

I think that my parents' only regret is that they wasted so much money on my stupid prestigious university degree. Votes: 0

The University of South Carolina has always played a role in my life and the intellectual life of South Carolina. Votes: 0

I did my undergraduate work at the University of California when it was still affordable. But tuition keeps on rising. Votes: 0

I'm not a prophet. I'm not a teacher. I have no degrees. My degree is from the University of Life. Votes: 0

I worked in restaurants, bars, record stores; I did anything and everything to pay my way through university and LAMDA. Votes: 0

I was born in a University campus and seem to have lived all my life in one campus or another. Votes: 0

No, I'm happy to go on living the life I've chosen. I'm a university teacher and I like my job. Votes: 0

I consider poetry my vocation, not my "career." My career is as a university professor; that's what pays the bills. Votes: 0

I teach a non-fiction writing class at New York University, and one of my great pleasures is deciding on the syllabus. Votes: 0

My mother wanted me to be a professor, because I have several people in my family who are professors at university, Votes: 0

My mother wanted me to be a professor, because I have several people in my family who are professors at university. Votes: 0

I still have some of my old University essays, and I do still have my drawing book from primary year seven. Votes: 0

When I was in university, my dream was to be a coach, like a high school track coach. Not to teach. Votes: 0

I started going to Ohio University when I was in my mid-thirties, ended up with an English degree when I was forty. Votes: 0

My own ideals for the university are those of a genuine democracy and serious scholarship. These two, indeed, seem to go together. Votes: 0

My work has taken me from historical research to involvement in electronic publishing ventures to the directorship of the Harvard University Libraries. Votes: 0

My whole life as a grammar-school boy, getting to Cambridge University and working on the 'London Sunday Times' has been very aspirational. Votes: 0

I really was a terrible actor. I did it for years in my twenties because it was like being at university again. Votes: 0

I regard the whole university system as a wretched sham. Knowledge! It has no more to do with knowledge than my boots. Votes: 0

Everywhere I go, I am asked if I think university stifles writers. My opinion is that it doesn't stifle enough of them. Votes: 0

My career as a model. I was due to go to University. It was a risk but it was the right decision. Votes: 0

Everywhere I go I'm asked if I think the university stifles writers. My opinion is that they don't stifle enough of them. Votes: 0

When I'm done playing basketball, I want do something bigger. I'm working on my doctorate right now at Barry University in Florida. Votes: 0

I gave my archive to Emory University because there's a really dear friend who teaches there, Rudolph Byrd, and he's the editor. Votes: 0

Luckily my parents were not against my ambition, they've always been very supportive. But they were adamant that I went to university first. Votes: 0

All through university years, I used to come up to Melbourne, go to Pizza Napoli with my friends and then to a movie. Votes: 0

All my friends were choosing university courses, but I had no interest in anything other than acting, so I applied to go to RADA. Votes: 0

My own interest in basic aspects of electron transfer between metal complexes became active only after I came to the University of Chicago in 1946. Votes: 0

I used to teach animation history classes at the University of Texas, and I wrote my master's thesis on cartoons. I just love cartoons. Votes: 0

I studied science and journalism at the University of Colorado and then got interested in experimental film there and started doing my own films." Votes: 0

My favorite thing in the world is a quiz show, 'University Challenge,' so you can see what kind of sad person I am. Votes: 0

When I went to my parents I was at the University of Wisconsin, and I just couldn't wait anymore to go be an actress. Votes: 0

I studied science and journalism at the University of Colorado and then got interested in experimental film there and started doing my own films. Votes: 0

I've always been comfortable with people who run things, whether it was the principal of my high school or the president of the university. Votes: 0

I'm reading George Saunders's story collection, "Tenth of December." He was my mentor at the University of Syracuse. The stories are mind-blowing like everyone says. Votes: 0

My intention was to enroll at McGill University but an unexpected series of events led me to study physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Votes: 0

I still feel threatened by academics, but my books have a lot of academic in-jokes and everybody assumes I went to university and studied English. Votes: 0

My mother went to university, my father didn't. But they are very educated, very wise people. My father went to the military, so he's worldly. Votes: 0

I attended an evangelical Christian university on the outskirts of suburban Los Angeles and by the time of my graduation was neither evangelical nor Christian. Votes: 0

I was born in Argentina, June 13, 1943. I brought up my parents very well, so they let me come to America to study at Princeton University. Votes: 0

I studied at a university in Florence and finished my degree. My mother was very strict about this recipe: You need to get your degree. Votes: 0

In my illustrious career as a university student, I turned in over 100 papers so that one day, in the end, I got 1 paper in return. Votes: 0

My recent retirement from full-time teaching to the status of research professor at University of California-Santa Barbara (UCSB) encouraged me to come out, so to speak. Votes: 0

My first year of university, I ran around and signed up for these clubs, and I noticed they were all drama clubs: really lame, artsy things. Votes: 0

During my time at high school and university in Kreuzlingen and St. Gallen, I traveled around Europe looking at art, visiting artists, studios, galleries and museums. Votes: 0

I was schooled at home, then didn't go to university because I married when I was 17. I didn't go into work until late in my life. Votes: 0

I got my MacBook in the first year at university, and that's really when I stopped playing live instruments and started geeking out on my laptop. Votes: 0

I studied law at Warwick University, then philosophy at Oxford. I met my wife Leah there. She is American, so I followed her to New York. Votes: 0

Sir, if you ever presume again to speak disrespectfully of General Grant in my presence, either you or I will sever his connection with this university. Votes: 0

At the age of 25, I gave up my study of Japanese language and culture at university in Brisbane and moved to the town of Alice Springs. Votes: 0

[My parents] met in university back in the '70s. And I didn't grow up with my father. He - they separated before I was born. Votes: 0

My father was on the faculty in the Chemistry Department of Harvard University; my mother had one year of graduate work in physics before her marriage. Votes: 0

I became convinced that there was greater satisfaction from giving my money away and seeing something come out of the ground, like a hospital or a university. Votes: 0

In 1905, I was privileged to be given a place in the private laboratory of my revered teacher, Professor W. H. Perkin, Jr. at the University of Manchester. Votes: 0

The completion of my undergraduate training at the University of California (Berkeley) provided just the needed touches of rigor at advanced levels in both economics and mathematics. Votes: 0

There's one thing my old man taught me and it's the best thing he taught me. It wasn't education at college or university "“ it was commonsense. Votes: 0

From my first dunk at 14 years old to my second NCAA Championship at the University of Tennessee, my intense training with my dad was always to credit. Votes: 0

The completion of my undergraduate training at the University of California (Berkeley) provided just the needed touches of rigor at advanced levels in both economics and mathematics. Votes: 0

I was never strong at maths, but I eventually got onto a university physics/astronomy course, and that led on to my Ph.D. and eventual employment. Votes: 0

Following graduation from Amherst, a Woodrow Wilson Fellowship enabled me to test the depth of my interest in literary scholarship by beginning graduate studies at Harvard University. Votes: 0

Joan of Arc is my namesake. I played her character while still in my teens, at a music festival held at the University of Colorado in Boulder. Votes: 0

It was only in the early 1990s - during my student years as an aspiring scientist at Delhi University - that I discovered the world of cinema. Votes: 0

My biggest motivation? Just to keep challenging myself. I see life almost like one long University education that I never had - everyday I'm learning something new. Votes: 0

When I finished school, everyone wanted to go to a good university and become a lawyer or a doctor. My A-levels were sort of chosen for me. Votes: 0

In my day, the principal concerns of university students were sex, smoking dope, rioting and learning. Learning was something you did only when the first three weren't available. Votes: 0

My parents were neither wealthy nor academic, but we lived comfortably and they were always extremely supportive of my academic efforts and aspirations, both at school and university. Votes: 0

My mother was a terrific force in my life. Wartime-generation woman, hadn't gone to university but should have done. Was very funny, very verbal, very clever, very witty. Votes: 0

Penn State University is also nationally recognized for the exceptional research and patient care provided at the College of Medicine, located in my Congressional District in Hershey, PA. Votes: 0

For example, in my dorm, at the University of Kentucky, I had the only camera. I don't think anyone came to college with a camera, other than me. Votes: 0

At the University of Maryland, my first year I started off planning to major in art because I was interested in theatre design, stage design or television design. Votes: 0

I do work half time as a historian of medicine at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine, and I started my career with work in the 19th century. Votes: 0

My brother was the consummate Nebraska boy - the football star who went to the university, was president of his fraternity, hunted with my dad all the time. Votes: 0

At the same time we overlap, because, I do linguistics, and Ben did a first degree in Linguistics at Lancaster University, so he knows some of my subject. Votes: 0

I kind of took inspiration from my time in Paris. That was kind of the real time when I discovered European fashion. It's stuck with me since University. Votes: 0

My mother never asked me whether I wanted to go to college, but told me I was going - to the University of Maryland on an academic scholarship. Votes: 0

I know of only three people who really understand money. A professor at another university. One of my students. And a rather junior clerk at the Bank of England. Votes: 0

In the class that I teach at one University, I stress that my one-word definition of politics is money. You can't name a subject matter that money doesn't touch. Votes: 0

Basically, my senior year of high school, I was going to look at prospective colleges and I went to visit Northeastern University because one of my friends was going. Votes: 0

I was in chemical engineering at Cornell University. My girlfriend at the time dared me to do a play. I knew there was something I wanted, not necessarily engineering. Votes: 0

My mother studied English and drama at the University of Pennsylvania, where my father studied architecture. She was a great influence in all sorts of ways, a wicked wit. Votes: 0

I work in my office on the campus of the University of Texas. It's the sort of place described as 'book-lined', but it's recently tipped over into 'fire-hazard' territory. Votes: 0

My mom and dad put my brother and sister through university and they were very keen for us to have an academic background just to give us a chance. Votes: 0

If you start comparing my practice of law to what I could have been - selling bananas - you'll know why I gave money to the University of Texas. Votes: 0

All my mates are at university, and it's a life I haven't had a chance to enjoy, so it's great to turn up and sample a bit of it. Votes: 0

My university education had been a shallow and superficial enterprise. The central driving forces of the economy I lived in were either ignored or left vague, to the point of meaningless. Votes: 0