Academic Training

Famous quotes containing the words academic and/or training:

“The poker player learns that sometimes both science and common sense are wrong; that the bumblebee can fly; that, perhaps, one should never trust an expert; that there are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of by those with an academic bent.”
—David Mamet (b. 1947)

“It’s [motherhood] the biggest on-the-job- training program in existence today.”
—Erma Bombeck (20th century)