Never underestimate the difficulty of changing false beliefs by facts

I draw a contrast between American shared governance with "the dictatorship of ministries" wherein policy and direction for the university is ordered by bureaucrats who have never taught a class.

The faculty know what they need to develop and they need to work with an administrator with the authority do get it done. To define everything in terms of these index numbers is ridiculous.

English is not the primary language for universities in China, Korea, and Japan, but they are being evaluated on the basis of publications in English and courses taught in English.

Asian colleges would do well to use a broad range of criteria in selecting students and move beyond the unproductive "examination hell. "

The task of building a great university is never simple.

Until the evil man finds evil unmistakably present in his existence, in the form of pain, he is enclosed in illusion.

My mouth blooms like a cut.

I just bought a Chihuahua. It's the dog for lazy people. You don't have to walk it. Just hold it out the window and squeeze.

Love, respect, and friendship do unite a people as well as a common hatred does.

It is not a question of religion, or of creed, or of party; it is a question of declaring and maintaining the great American principle of eternal separation between Church and State.

I used to be scared of pretty girls, until one confessed they're just as scared of me.

I am Warhol. I am the No. 1 most impactful artist of our generation. I am Shakespeare in the flesh.

It's hard work to make a four-minute program look effortless and elegant.

Great men have the nature of a child.

Mondays are just like Sam from Clarissa Explains it All. They just show up through the damn window whenever the hell they feel like it.