Browse Professor Quotes
And kiddos, why do you know about Aaron Burr? You know about Aaron Burr because of a god damned milk commercial!!
—Dr. Miller, history professor
It's amazing what difference a couple of inches can make.
—Rafael A. Hernandez, composition faculty, on the size of musical scores
That's what people in love do. They sing in thirds, right?
—Dr. Dell'Antonio on early opera
You can never have too much plucking.
—Kevin Putz on arranging music for strings
I annoint him your hero. Now I'm passing out a picture of your hero. -physics Prof.W.C.Schieve
—talking about Boltzmann
lets all glare
—dr. miller, publicly ridiculing a student whose cell phone rang during review session.
...and the the answer is Gamma-2...no, Gamma-3...no, Gamma-4...no, Gamma-5...no, Gamma-6...ah, ah...ack! - Dr. Udagawa
—Particle Physics
Yer ass is mine!!
—Professor Rory Coker, while firing a toy gun at a pickle to scare it and elicit emotion.
Does anyone not know Dirac Notation? (brief pause)Is anyone afraid to admit they do not know Dirac notation?-prof.Reichl
—to her graduate Statistical Mechanics Class
Does anyone not know Dirac Notation?<brief pause> Is anyone afraid to admit they do not know Dirac notation?-prof.Reichl
—to her graduate Statistical Mechanics Class
All states on the energy surface are equally probable, but some are more liekly than others....wait, that doesn't make sense. Prof Reichl
—(Stat.Mech. class)
It's not as good as a Crystal Laser Field!
—Professor Shih, discussing how a cyclotron works to his E&M class.
...but Mathematically.....WHOOOSH!-prof.Swift
—describing a graph (with sound effects)
reflexive verbs are a bitch!
—Sarah Harmon, Instructor, Spanish 506
your body will always win, so get the hell to bed!
—professor miller, to his class full of tired, coughing, flu-ridden history students
get that crazy ass mullet off your skull!
—prof. wesley willis, talking about a student's bad hair.
%@^* that $#!T
—professor rory coker, discussing the ludicrous things some people believe
When I think of programming, my butt begins to itch!
—Dr. Terry Wagner, Professor of Electrical Engineering, introducing the material for EE 312.
Look! I'm an engine! -Prof. Riechl (physics)
—(as she repeatedly raises and lowers a book)
What is f? It's a number...2, 3, 1..I don't know. These Chemists are pretty mysterious -Prof. Swift (physics)
—In response to a student's question in a Nonlinear Dynamics