Harry Mathews Quotes

I went to Princeton specifically to study physics.

I went to Queen's University Belfast and stayed nine months, then I ran away to be an actor.

I went to Princeton in the fall of 1930 as a half-time instructor.

I'd been in college studying English creative writing and history when I made the decision to join the Marines in the runup to the Iraq war.

I really enjoyed Princeton as a graduate student.

But I loved the theatre and I was just doing theatre 24/7 and kept dropping courses because I didn't have the time and the chancellor thought that wasn't a good idea after awhile.

I'm in college at North Carolina State University. I'm about to start my sophomore year and have an apartment on campus with three buddies I've grown up with. I get to be normal when I'm there, and then I tour Thursday through Sunday.

I went to Princeton, I minored in women's studies.

I was at Sussex University studying English lit and philosophy, I had two essays due in and three seminars that day, and at the same time I was messaging my manager because I'd just started to put together the pieces of like, 'Wow. I really don't want to be doing any essays anymore. Why don't I just give this music thing a go?'

I was doing B.Tech in Noida, but I dropped out in my second year.

At some point, I talked about how I had never graduated college. I dropped out my sophomore year to start MercyMe 21 years ago. Part of the reason was I felt like I was treading water.

I have studied and graduated out of Delhi. I moved to Mumbai after graduation.

The chips fall into place, but the educational experience I had at Cal, second to none.

I never graduated from college. While I was in a mass communication class at North Texas State University, I was on the air weekends in Dallas and knew more about major-market radio than the guy teaching. When I told him that, he failed me.

I made a naive decision, and I joined the Navy. I figured I would use the G.I. Bill to pay for any college I wanted. I dreamed of going to Julliard to study music and acting.

When I was 24, I went back to the academic life and did a degree in film and television at Brunel University.

When I started my undergraduate course at Birmingham University, as a Jewish student it was a natural step to join the Union of Jewish Students (UJS).

I went to uni, and I studied commerce on a scholarship, and that was crazy and wild in and of itself.

As all C.S. students know, first year is super easy, but second year is when things get harder. At least that's how it was in my experience. And I didn't have to save the planet between classes either. Instead, I went home and studied quietly. I was a party animal.

I spend most of my time by being at a university, hanging out with very manic, excited 18-year-olds.

In 1992, when I was 16, I moved to the United States to start working on my Ph.D. at Princeton University in New Jersey.

In my mid-twenties, I was with a conducting career, but I had never been to university and I wanted to. There were things I wanted to study in depth. I also wanted to see if I could survive without music.

I loved college, I loved Princeton.

I made loads of English and Irish friends at university and all they wanted to do was have a good time.

I would have gone to Loughborough to study business management and was looking forward to that very much.