Questioning Scholar Mugs

"I don't know why we try so hard to get the right answers. There isn't even a prize."

"Academic freedom doesn't mean you're free not to study."

"Mrs. Marsha Mullhouse, of Kenosha, Wisconsin, asks, "Are You subject to the laws of physics, or are the laws of physics subject to You?"

"Graduation day at kite flying school."

'What I did on my summer vacation: I wrote about what I had done the rest of the year.'

"But what if this is all there is?"

'Academic freedom doesn't mean you're free not to study.'

"And you need to know this why?"

"Do I need to know this stuff to get into medical school?"

'I failed history again. I guess those who don't learn from history are doomed to repeat it.'

"If you have to ask, you can't afford it."

Academic Affairs: The Chair of Philosophy Corners the Chair of the Sciences

"I wish I'd failed my 11 Plus too...."

'Tsk...woolly thinking again.'

Wordplay: Dilemma.

"Archaeologists discovered several enormous ancient cities buried under the jungles of Cambodia. That means the Khmer civilization was the largest empire on Earth from the 9th to the 12th centuries. That changes everything about our conception of the Middle Ages. What was your conception of the Middle Ages? Well... it was... well, knights, maidens, dragons... mostly dragons. And elves."

BNP legality response to court ruling.

The Establishment: Independent Thought

Upside down question mark hanging from fishing line.

'Of course these are false colors. The reds are really greens, the greens are reds, the blues are oranges and the oranges are blues.' 'Makes sense.'

Sign by school library reads: 'Passing Lane'

'Mrs. Wayne was so excited about getting her masters in physical science, she took a quantum leap!'

"I can't wait to get home and insult my parents from a position of authority."

"What do you mean I ask too many questions?"

Grading Guidelines.

"Is there a section at the bottom for comments?"

"What's come over Heisenberg? He seems to be certain about everything these days."

Professor, I think you'll find the concepts I present in this paper, even in their embryonic stages, hang in the delicate balance between that which is mnemonically incredible and that which is sheer genius! ... Then again, they could have simply been the

'Nothing against you, but I'm thinking about going back for my master's.'

'But what is a recession, Father?'

'It's kind of depressing: We've spent three years on this research paper, and probably only ten people in the World will ever read it...'

"I think this is the last year he'll believe in Father Christmas, he's asking a lot of questions"

'It is a bad paper and, as a reviewer, I should reject it, but it cites five of my own papers...'

'What's the point of being guaranteed an education if I'm not guaranteed a job.'