University Quotes for Whatsapp and Facebook Status
Universities incline wits to sophistry and affectation.
Francis Bacon (1561-1626) English philosopher, essayist
Life at a university with its intellectual and inconclusive discussions at the postgraduate level is on the whole a bad training for the real world. Only men of very strong character surmount this handicap.
Sir Paul Chambers (1904-1981) British industrialist
A university is an alma mater, knowing her children one by one, not a foundry, or a mint, or a treadmill.
Cardinal John Newman (1801-1890) English churchman, theologian
A university should be a place of light, of liberty, and of learning.
Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881) English prime minister
‘Tis well enough for a servant to be bred at university: but the education is a little too pedantic for a gentleman.
William Congreve (1670-1729) English dramatist
They teach you anything in universities today. You can major in mud pies.
Orson Welles (1915-1985) American filmmaker
Socrates gave no diplomas or degrees, and would have subjected any disciple who demanded one to a disconcerting catechism on the nature of true knowledge.
G. M. Trevelyan (1876-1962) British historian
A man who had never gone to school may steal from a freight car; but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad.
Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) American president
