Quotes by Academic Work I've often heard academics disparage non-academic writing in terms that suggest it could be a negative in the tenure process, irrespective of the quality of academic work under review. Daniel Drezner academic-work quality writing My lab and academic work fill my day from about 9 am to 7 p.m. Then I zoom out the lens to work on my other writing. David Eagleman academic-work lenses writing Academic work is one of those fields which contain a pearl so precious that it is worth while to sell all our possessions, keeping nothing for ourselves, in order to be able to acquire it. Simone Weil academic-work education order I tried being a mechanic and I tried catering, but I realized I had even less aptitude for semi-skilled labour than for academic work. Toby Young academic-work mechanic aptitude