Top Ivory Tower Quotes Collection

Discover a curated collection of Ivory Tower quotes. Find inspiration, motivation, and wisdom from the best quotes in this category.

Image of Gerard De Nerval
The only refuge left to us was the poet's ivory tower, which we climbed, ever higher, to isolate ourselves from the mob.
- Gerard De Nerval
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Image of George Coyne
I hope I'm not giving the impression of an ivory tower science, but for me science is an attempt to understand, it's an attempt to understand the universe.
- George Coyne
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Image of Breyten Breytenbach
Even ivory towers need central heating.
- Breyten Breytenbach
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Image of Al Ries
Strategy should evolve out of the mud of the marketplace, not in the antiseptic environment of an ivory tower.
- Al Ries
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Image of Vikram Sarabhai
We look down on our scientists if they engage in outside consultation. We implicitly promote the ivory tower.
- Vikram Sarabhai
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Image of Joseph Altuzarra
That's a big part of being a designer now: going out, having dinners, meeting people. Being in an ivory tower, you can feel very removed.
- Joseph Altuzarra
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Image of David Castle
Chefs who cook in these ivory towers are in control in their own world. We try to approximate that world as best we can, but ultimately our goal is to please our clients.
- David Castle
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Image of Joni Eareckson Tada
Programs, systems and methods sit well in the ivory towers of monasteries or in the wooden arms of icons. Head knowledge comes from the pages of a theology text. But the invitation to know God - truly know Him - is always an invitation to suffer. Not to suffer alone, but to suffer with Him.
- Joni Eareckson Tada
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Image of Luigi Pirandello
If you shut yourself up disdainfully in your ivory tower and insist that you have your own conscience and are satisfied with its approval, it is because you know that everybody is criticizing you, condemning you, or laughing at you.
- Luigi Pirandello
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Image of Mira Grant
Jan built herself an ivory tower to keep the wolves out; she never dreamed they were already inside.
- Mira Grant
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Image of Peter Greenaway
I don't want to become an ivory tower filmmaker. That sounds peculiar, but I want to be a mainstream filmmaker. I want the largest possible audience that I can find - but, of course, on my terms.
- Peter Greenaway
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Image of Terry Eagleton
Ivory towers are as rare as bowling alleys in tribal cultures.
- Terry Eagleton
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Image of Chuck Jones
I'm not a believer in putting designers off in an ivory tower. They need to have a voice at the table so they can identify where and why design can make a difference. We also need to understand the business issues. If we don't make our numbers this quarter, we don't earn the right to do something cool the next time.
- Chuck Jones
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Image of John Mellencamp
For me or a Bruce Springsteen to sit up in our ivory towers and make comments about racism, well, were not really in it, are we?
- John Mellencamp
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