“As the performer visits Asia this week, more than 300 students signed up for the elective course at the University of the Philippines, filling limited slots within minutes and prompting the administration to launch an extra class.”— Adrian Portugal, independent.co.uk
“Nobody does anything worth doing with a degree.”— Nick Hornby, Jenny Mellor, Carey Mulligan, imdb.com
“A rather serious—maybe too serious—university student from another country came to Hafiz to personally ask for his permission to translate some of Hafiz's poems into a little book. And he said to Hafiz, ‘What is the essential quality in your poems that I need to incorporate in my translations to mak…”— Hafiz of Persia, bbc.com
“Storytellers are a threat. They threaten all champions of control, they frighten usurpers of the right-to-freedom of the human spirit—in state, in church or mosque, in party congress, in the university or wherever.”— Chinua Achebe, amazon.com
“When you have children—young children and older children going to university in America—you are of course concerned and worried. What are their lives going to be like? That’s my main concern. Obviously there are a lot of other things in terms of how businesses are going to survive, how people from E…”— David Beckham, standard.co.uk
“The friends you make in college are friends you'll have for life, even if you don't talk for years at a time.”— Jessica Park, amazon.com
“Almost NOTHING you learned in school or college can help you deal with the roller coaster ride that your twenties are… except maybe landing a job that pays the bills.”— Divya Mohan, thoughtcatalog.com
“Join more university clubs. Of course university is not only about coursework; it’s also a chance to meet new people and get involved in all kinds of activities and clubs.”— Laura Bridgestock, topuniversities.com
“Anyone who passes judgement about your choice of college or college major is being a prick.”— Brandon Wenerd, thoughtcatalog.com
“The rate of progress is so rapid that what one learns at school or university is always a bit out of date.”— Stephen Hawking, books.google.com
“Control is illusory. No matter what university you go to, no matter what degree you hold, if your goal is to become master of your own destiny, you have more to learn.”— Michael J Fox, amazon.com
“Just like a boxer can’t win without a few punches on his face, a student can’t be fully trained without ups and downs.”— Pawan Mishra, amazon.com
“When it's finals week and you've been studying for five hours straight, you need three things to get you through the night. The biggest Slurpee you can find, half cherry half Coke. Pajama pants, the kind that have been washed so many times they are tissue-paper thin. And finally, dace breaks. Lots o…”— Jenny Han, amazon.com
“College is a great experience and exposes you to a lot of things you might not otherwise learn or experience. You learn to evaluate things, think for yourself, and become a more independent person. Even if you decide not to use your specific degree, college can never be a waste of money if you get s…”— Steven D. Woodhull, quotegarden.com
“College is the best time of your life. When else are your parents going to spend several thousand dollars a year just for you to go to a strange town and get drunk every night?”— David Wood, books.google.com
“If you feel that you have both feet planted on solid ground, then the university has failed you.”— Robert Gohen, books.google.com
“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.”— Bill Bryson, amazon.com
“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.”— J.R. Rim, goodreads.com
“I hate that phrase 'the real world.' Why is an aircraft factory more real than a university? Is it?”— Richard Hugo, amazon.com
“University, he said quietly. It sounded like a dream; it tasted like damnation.”— Nora Sakavic, amazon.com