Academic Industrial Complex Quotes & Sayings

Gentle and giving-all the rest is treason. — Kenneth Patchen

Did you bring your camera? Gracie grabbed her trusty Polaroid from under her arm and held it out. Light from the streetlamp glinted off the narrow lens. — Susan Mallery

Labelling is no longer a liberating political act but a necessity in order to gain entrance into the academic industrial complex and other discussions and spaces. For example, if so called "radical" or "progressive" people don't hear enough "buzz" words (like feminist, anti-oppression, anti-racist, social justice, etc.) in your introduction, then you are deemed unworthy and not knowledgeable enough to speak with authority on issues that you have lived experience with. The criteria for identifying as a feminist by academic institutions, peer reviewed journals, national bodies, conferences, and other knowledge gatekeepers is very exclusive. It is based on academic theory instead of based on lived experiences or values. Name-dropping is so elitist! You're not a "real" feminist unless you can quote, or have read the following white women: (insert Women's Studies 101 readings). — Krysta Williams

Not knowing who you are is a certain kind of hell. — Kelly Thompson

Never yawn in front of a lady. — Frank Sinatra

Be open to suggestion, no one is so perfect that they may not need advice from time to time. — Baltasar Gracian

I do know that I fell in love with the moment of falling in love and I wanted to keep that moment alive forever, at the expense of all those moments to follow. — Craig Clevenger

We need to tell new stories about ourselves, new myths to guide us forward, and new manifestos that celebrate our integration with the natural world. Our archaic spirit needs to rise again in a weaving of timeless myths and stories of growth, regeneration, rites of passage, motion, energy, illumination, magic, decay, and all the Earth's processes that dwell both in us and the more-than-human world."
Chapter 22, "Earth Story — Pegi Eyers

We don't pay taxes. The little people pay taxes. — Leona Helmsley

I really hope that what we are doing inspires young Mexican girls not to be afraid to get involved in sports. — Lorena Ochoa

You can find academic and industrial groups doing some relevant work, but there isn't a focus on building complex molecular systems. In that respect, Japan is first, Europe is second, and we're third. — K. Eric Drexler