“It may be said of many palaeontologists, as Professor Hugh Trevor-Roper said recently of 18th century historians: "Their most serious error was to measure the past by the present".” MaySaidPastScienceCenturySeriousErrorsProfessorsHistorian18th Century Author:D. V. Ager
“Being a professor and working are not the same thing. The academic community is composed largely of nitwits. If I may generalize. People who don't know very much about what matters very much, who view life through literature rather than the other way around.” PeopleIfsKnowsWayMayMatterLiteratureCommunityViewsProfessorsAcademicWhat Matters Author:Robert B. Parker
“When I came back from Munich, it was September, and I was Professor of Mathematics at the Eindhoven University of Technology. Later I learned that I had been the Department's third choice, after two numerical analysts had turned the invitation down; the decision to invite me had not been an easy one, on the one hand because I had not really studied mathematics, and on the other hand because of my sandals, my beard and my "arrogance" (whatever that may be).” MayTwoHandsChoicesEasyDecisionTechnologyThirdsMathematicsUniversityArroganceDepartmentProfessorsInvitesSeptemberInvitationsBeardAnalystsSandalsMunich Author:Edsger Dijkstra