“We can no longer communicate with the apes by direct language, nor can we understand, without special study, their modes of communication which we have long since replaced by more elaborate forms. But it is at least presumable that they could still detect in our speech, at least when it is public and elaborate, the underlying tone values with which it began. Thus if we could take a gibbon ape to a college public lecture, he would not understand it, but he would "get a good deal of it." This is all the students get anyway.” IfsLongStillsFormValuesLanguageDealsStudySpecialStudentsCollegeCommunicationSpeechDirectCommunicateToneReplacedLecturesApes Book:Leacock on Life Source: Leacock on Life
“We hear a great deal of lamentation these days about writers having all taken themselves to the colleges and universities where they live decorously instead of going out and getting firsthand information about life. The fact is that anybody who has survived his childhood has enough information about life to last him the rest of his days. If you can't make something out of a little experience, you probably won't be able to make it out of a lot. The writer's business is to contemplate experience, not to be merged in it.” IfsLittlesEnoughFactsAbleLastsDealsTakenChildhoodInformationCollegeUniversityThese DaysContemplatingGoing OutSurvivedColleges And UniversitiesLamentation Book:Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose Source: Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose
“The Reverend Douglas Wilson may not be a professional historian, as his detractors say, but he has a strong grasp of the essentials of the history of slavery and its relation to Christian doctrine. Indeed, sad to say, his grasp is a great deal stronger than that of most professors of American history, whose distortions and trivializations disgrace our college classrooms. And the Reverend Mr. Wilson is a fighter, especially effective in defense of Christianity against those who try to turn Jesus' way of salvation into pseudo-moralistic drivel.” WayTryingMayChristianTurnsJesusStrongDealsChristianityCollegeEssentialsRelationStrongerSlaverySalvationDefenseDoctrineFighterProfessorsHistorianClassroomAmerican HistoryDisgraceDistortionWilsonPseudoReverendsChristian DoctrineDrivel Author:Eugene Genovese
“It is true you can be successful without [college], but this is a hard world, a real world, and you want every advantage you can have. I would suggest to people to do all that you can. When I dropped out of school, I had worked in the music industry and had checks cut in my name from record labels and had a record deal on the table, and when I wasn’t successful and Columbia said, ’We’ll call you,’ I had to go back and work a telemarketing job, go back to the real world, and that’s how life is. Life is hard. Take advantage of your opportunities.” PeopleWorldWantSaidRealHardSchoolJobsLife IsOpportunityNamesDealsSuccessfulRecordsCuttingCollegeIndustryAdvantageTablesChecksLabelsBeing SuccessfulReal WorldMusic IndustryLife Is HardColumbiaTrue YouRecord Labels Author:Kanye West
“If you're willing to put in the work, the idea is that you should be able to raise a family and own a home, not go bankrupt because you got sick, 'cause you've got some health insurance that helps you deal with those difficult times; that you can send your kids to college; that you can put some money away for retirement. That's all most people want. Folks don't have unrealistic ambitions. They do believe that if they work hard, they should be able to achieve that small measure of an American dream.” PeopleIfsWantShouldBelieveIdeasHardHelpingHomeDreamKidsAbleCausesDifficultDealsAchieveCollegeWillingHard WorkAmbitionSickRaisesFolksRetirementAmerican DreamDifficult Times Author:Barack Obama
“The NBA is a culture shock for college kids, and even more so for kids from another country. The NBA is a unique environment, so there is going to be transition for any young kid, but I think coming from another country and culture is even harder. It does take a special toughness and confidence to deal with that, especially since a lot of times you don't play a lot as a young player.” ThinkingDoeCountryPlayKidsYoungCultureDealsEnvironmentPlayerSpecialCollegeUniqueHarderShockNbaTransitionToughnessCulture Shock Author:Austin Ainge
“The College World Series, that's the end-all deal as a college player. To get a chance to play in the World Series and win it, that was surreal.” WorldEndsPlayWinningChanceDealsPlayerCollegeSeriesSurrealWorld Series Author:Morgan Ensberg
“Every single thing I`ve done, from the Affordable Care Act to pushing to raise the minimum wage, to making sure that young people are able to go to college and get good job training, to what we`re pushing now in terms of sick paid leave,everything I do has been focused on how do we make sure the middle class is getting a fair deal.” PeopleHas BeensDoneCareAbleJobsYoungTermDealsClassMiddleCollegeTrainingFairsSickPaidRaisesFocusedMiddle ClassPushingMinimumGood JobAffordableMinimum WageAffordable Care ActJob Training Author:Barack Obama
“Back in college, when I got kicked out of school, I was still in school, I'd just written the song that got me my record deal. If I hadn't gotten kicked out of school I wouldn't be where I am now. Three months after that, I got my record deal and the rest is history.” IfsStillsSchoolSongThreeDealsRecordsWrittenCollegeMonthsThree Months Author:Brian McKnight
“I think Berklee College of Music had the highest dropout rate of any college - or pretend college - in the United States. Because I think most people think they're going to be in Green Day or whatever, and you actually have to learn about music you don't care for, too. I mean, I cared for a great deal of music; it's just that I didn't want to submerge myself into the well of fusion jazz.” PeopleThinkingWantWellsMeanStatesCareUnitedDealsUnited StatesCollegeHighestGreenJazzRateDon't CareI CareFusionDropouts Author:Brendon Small
“I wasn't all that attracted to writing originally. I read a great deal. My parents read a great deal. I do know that as my interest in tennis waned, my interest in academics increased. I mean, I started doing my homework in high school and discovering that it was somewhat fun. And then in college I barely even played on the team because just classes were much more interesting.” KnowsWritingMeanSchoolFunParentInterestInterestingDealsClassTeamCollegeHigh SchoolTennisDiscoveringHomework Author:David Foster Wallace
“Don't ever let anyone tell you that history doesn't repeat. For 70 years, liberals have been spinning the yarn that FDR's New Deal, despite all the evidence that it exacerbated and prolonged the Great Depression, quickened our economic recovery. Indeed, I remember scratching my head when one of my college history professors in the 1970s tried to convince us of that theory and its corollary - an even better howler - that FDR was actually a conservative, because if he hadn't implemented his socialist programs, the republic would have died right there.” IfsYearsHas BeensRememberDealsEconomicCollegeTheoryEvidenceProgramDiedConservativeRecoveryDespiteRepeatsConvinceRepublicProfessorsSocialistSpinningGreat DepressionNew DealYarnConvince UsEconomic Recovery Author:David Limbaugh
“As far as my sport is concerned, my mission is to make it as big as it deserves to be. We've been growing, it's just not as noticeable. The NCAA picked beach volleyball up to be a championship sport, and it was the fastest test sport that's been adopted. That's a really big deal for our sport because that just means the USA system is going to have a feeder system from the college system.” MeanBigsSportsDealsGrowingCollegeDeserveConcernedTestsMissionsBeachUsaChampionshipAdoptedBig DealVolleyballNcaaBeach Volleyball Author:Kerri Walsh
“You think you're going to be on TV a year out of college and you're not. Then you tell people and it's embarrassing. And then it's not a big deal at all.” PeopleThinkingYearsBigsDealsCollegeTvsEmbarrassingBig Deal Author:Nick Kroll
“I've said that we're going to produce real results for the American people because so many Americans feel left out and left behind, they think the economy has failed them, they think our government has failed, they can't stand the gridlock and dysfunction in our politics, and I'm determined to produce more good jobs with rising incomes, and deal with all of the concerns that families have about education, college affordability, student debt.” PeopleThinkingFeelsSaidRealGovernmentJobsLeftResultsDealsBehindsEconomyStudentsProduceCollegeConcernDebtDeterminedIncomeRisingGood JobLeft BehindLeft OutDysfunctionGridlockAffordability Author:Hillary Clinton
“When a young person is not eating three meals a day but still getting perfect grades at school, or when a young person deals with trauma at a young age yet still makes it to college, these are the things that inspire me.” PersonsStillsAgeSchoolYoungThreePerfectDealsInspireCollegeEatingTraumaMealsGradesYoung Age Author:Michael Skolnik
“Getting to St. Mary's College was a big deal for me because that essentially led to me getting to go to NYU.” BigsDealsCollegeMaryBig DealNyu Author:Mahershala Ali