Quote by John Ciardi
A university is what a college becomes when the faculty loses inte

A university is what a college becomes when the faculty loses interest in the students. – John Ciardi

Other quotes by John Ciardi

A good question is never answered. It is not a bolt to be tightened into place but a seed to be planted and to bear more seed toward the hope of greening the landscape of idea. – John Ciardi

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Change
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It is easy enough to praise men for the courage of their convictions. I wish I could teach the sad young of this mealy generation the courage of their confusions. – John Ciardi

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Courage
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The quality of a university is measured more by the kind of student it turns out than the kind it takes in. – Robert J. Kibbee

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Standardization is the fertilizer of college education. A little may be useful, but flowers do not grow in pure manure. – Martin H. Fischer (1879–1962)

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No man should escape our universities without knowing how little he knows. – J. Robert Oppenheimer

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A place where pebbles are polished and diamonds are dimmed. – Robert G. Ingersoll

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The happiness of a man in this life does not consist in the absence but in the mastery of his passions. – Alfred Lord Tennyson

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My first care the following morning was, to devise some means of discovering the man in the grey cloak. – Adelbert von Chamisso

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