Degrees Quotes

So we need people who will remain steadfast in any hardship and who have a high degree of resistance.

Moshe Sharett
The degree of difficulty in creating what we want lies within our belief about the difficulty or possibility of creating it.

Pamala Oslie
- Lies
- Lying
- Creating

Remedial work needed? It often is. In my introductory political science classes, I encounter far too many students who cannot write coherently. I would like to think this is being remedied in composition courses, since without that competence they can’t do college-level work. But it’s quite another thing to say that all undergraduates need advanced algebra to proceed toward their degrees.

Andrew Hacker
- Work
- Students
- Degrees
He slipped away slowly, withdrawing from this world by small, imperceptible degrees, and in the end it was as if he were a drop of water evaporating in the sun, shrinking and shrinking until at last he wasn’t there anymore.

Paul Auster
- World
- Water
- Ends
My understanding of first-degree murder is that premeditation needs to be proven.

Henry Rollins Black Flag
We all have a family and I think we all have a perception of our family that we like to keep and we all have our positive memories in a certain way. Then when life catches up to them, when you see a different perspective of them, or when you are a couple degrees over, you can see things differently and it shakes you to the foundation.

David Shapiro
A significant event for me was learning Hank Williams, reconnecting with his music's simplicity, which inspired me to inhabit the same territory. It's different, because I grew up on Led Zeppelin, The Stooges and punk, so in that sense I'm mutating country and folk more than a few degrees.

Stone Gossard Pearl Jam
- Learning
- Punk
- Territory
I wouldn't wish any specific thing for any specific person - it's none of my business. But the idea that a four-year degree is the only path to worthwhile knowledge is insane. It's insane.

Mike Rowe