It is not so important to be serious as it is to be serious about the important things. The monkey wears an expression of seriousness which would do credit to any college student, but the monkey is serious because he itches.
More Quotes from Robert M. Hutchins:
When I feel like exercising I just lie down until the feeling goes away.Robert M. Hutchins
The three major administrative problems on a campus are sex for the students, athletics for the alumni, and parking for the faculty.
Robert M. Hutchins
There is only one justification for universities, as distinguished from trade schools. They must be centers of criticism.
Robert M. Hutchins
My idea of education is to unsettle the minds of the young and inflame their intellects.
Robert M. Hutchins
The death of democracy is not likely to be an assassination from ambush. It will be a slow extinction from apathy, indifference, and undernourishment.
Robert M. Hutchins
This is a do-it-yourself test for paranoia: you know you've got it when you can't think of anything that's your fault.
Robert M. Hutchins
Readers Who Like This Quotation Also Like:
Based on Topics: College Quotes, Education QuotesBased on Keywords: itches, seriousness
This is me. Take it or leave it.
Melanie Chisholm
People have taught me not to look for intelligence in rockmusic.
Andrew Eldritch
Pick a flower on Earth and you move the farthest star.
Paul Dirac