“The public examination of homosexuality in our contemporary life is still so coated with distasteful moral connotations that even a reviewer is bound to wonder uneasily why he was selected to evaluate a book on the subject, and to assert defensively at the outset that he is happily married, the father of four children and the one-time adornment of his college boxing, track and tennis teams.” ChildrenStillsBookLife IsFatherWonderMoralFourTeamSubjectsCollegeMarriedOur ChildrenBoundsTrackContemporaryTennisBoxingOne TimeHomosexualityExaminationEvaluateSelectedReviewersConnotationDistastefulHappily MarriedAdornmentContemporary LifeTennis Team Author:Sydney J. Harris
“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
“I've never liked the idea of just having an office in a college somewhere and teaching classes and going to the library and doing research all day. I've never wanted that. The glamorous life is the life that appeals to me.” IdeasWantedLife IsClassTeachingCollegeOfficeResearchLibraryAppealsGlamorousGlamorous Life Author:Ben Stein
“You have been told that Real Life is not like college, and you have been correctly informed. Real Life is more like high school.” Has BeensRealSchoolLife IsCollegeHigh SchoolReal Life Author:Meryl Streep
“Life is short. You die before you think you're going to. Don't waste it in college unless you're doing something real. My view.” ThinkingRealLife IsDiesViewsCollegeWasteLife Is ShortSomething Real Author:Tucker Carlson
“I've never been to Harvard, I've never been to college, so I don't know what dorm life is like.” KnowsLife IsCollegeLife Is LikeHarvardDorms Author:David Fincher
“I have four kids in a private school who have not yet entered college. Their tuition is what keeps me motivated. Life is simple sometimes.” SometimesKidsSchoolLife IsSimpleFourCollegeMotivatedTuitionPrivate SchoolLife Is Simple Author:Guy Kawasaki
“I started asking the big questions that I had asked in college, that my compatriots the Greek philosophers had asked, like 'what is a good life?' Socrates famously said that 'The unexamined life is not worth living.' I started asking these questions from the starting point of 'what is success?'” SaidBigsLife IsCollegeAskingStartingPhilosopherGreekGood LifeWorth LivingStarting PointBig QuestionsGreek PhilosopherLife Is Not Worth LivingUnexamined Life Author:Arianna Huffington
“If my life is any example, the work that youth workers are doing is very, very important. It tends to get marginalized in the church or seen as less important than being a senior minister in a large, prosperous congregation; but I don't believe that for a minute. I think this is absolutely critical work in the life of the church; and I think my path in life would have been much different if it hadn't been for my youth minister, Burt Randle, and a series of campus ministers in both college and graduate school.” IfsThinkingBelieveHas BeensImportantDifferentSchoolLife IsChurchPathMinutesExampleYouthCollegeSeriesWorkersDon't BelieveCriticalMinistersGraduatesSeniorProsperousCampusCongregationMarginalizedGraduate School Author:Parker J. Palmer