“I didn't go to university, and so, every time that I work, I'm looking for a teacher in a way. I'm looking for people that I can learn from and to have the chance to work with people that I admire.” PeopleWayI CanChanceTeacherUniversityAdmire Author:Diego Luna
“I think the University of Texas has the chance to become the finest public university in the country.” ThinkingCountryChanceUniversityTexasFinestUniversity Of Texas Author:Tom Hicks
“A child born today in the United Kingdom stands a ten times greater chance of being admitted to a mental hospital than to a university ... This can be taken as an indication that we are driving our children mad more effectively than we are genuinely educating them. Perhaps it is our way of educating them that is driving them mad.” WayChildrenTodayBornChanceUnitedTakenGreaterTenOur ChildrenMadUniversityDrivingKingdomsHospitalsIndicationUnited Kingdom Author:R. D. Laing
“I say that our system of tests and grades, as it now exists, is one source of the low yield of great men from our universities. The marking system is a traumatic experience from which most students emerge with a deep determination never to get into a situation where they can be marked again. They just won't ever again take a chance.” MenChanceEducationSituationStudentsSourceLowsDeterminationTestsUniversityGreat MenGradesYieldTake A ChanceTraumatic Experiences Author:Edwin Land
“The four most dangerous words in finance are 'this time is different.' Thanks to this masterpiece by Carmen Reinhart at the University of Maryland and Kenneth Rogoff of Harvard, no one can doubt this again. . . . The authors have put an immense amount of work into collecting the data financial institutions needed if they were to have any chance of making quantitative risk management work.” IfsDifferentChanceDoubtFourRiskDangerousAmountNeededManagementInstitutionsUniversityFinancialFinanceThanksDataImmenseMasterpieceCollectingHarvardRisk ManagementFinancial InstitutionsKennethMaryland Author:Martin Wolf
“One reason citizens, politicians and university donors sometimes lack confidence in the social sciences is that social scientists too often miss the chance to declare victory and move on to new frontiers.” SometimesReasonMovingSocialChanceMissingVictoryCitizensPoliticianScientistUniversityFrontiersSocial ScienceDonorsNew Frontiers Author:Nicholas A. Christakis
“Coming from the South, I just felt you had to work just a little bit harder. It was not going to be handed to you. I’d get the letters from all the major schools but no one came out to talk to me face to face until this small, dominant black school, Mississippi State Valley University sent a coach out to me. I had a chance to talk to him and he said, ‘Hey Jerry, we’re going to be doing some great things at Mississippi Valley State University and we would love to have you there.’” LittlesSaidStatesSchoolFacesFeltBitsBlackChanceMajorsLittle BitLettersHarderSouthUniversityCoachesGreat ThingsHeyValleysDominantFace To FaceMississippiTalk To MeJerryMississippi State Author:Jerry Rice
“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.” MenTwoPlayShowsNightChanceWatchesWeekSixUniversityMonkGreat EducationQuartets Author:Chick Corea
“I played softball at George Washington University and then I played professionally for the Mid-Michigan Ice. I had a couple of tryouts with the US Olympic Team but I don't know if I have a word to describe how bad one of the tryouts was. It was the worst tryout in the history of tryouts. It was that bad. So I totally bombed it and thought my chances of being an Olympian were over.” IfsKnowsChanceTeamWorstCoupleUniversityIceSoftballMichiganOlympianTryouts Author:Elana Meyers