A founder can carry an institution only so far, and then others have to step in, even the alumni. That's how an institution becomes one.


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Nobody is bothered about an institution more than its alumni.
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The issue that all of us face is that alumni love to have the institution frozen in amber. The truth...
GORDON GEE
The institutions of Churchianity are not Christianity. An institution is a good thing if it is secon...
OSWALD CHAMBERS
Marriage is an institution, but who wants to live in an institution?
SOURCE UNKNOWN
Marriage is a wonderful institution... but who wants to live in an institution?
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
Marriage is a great institution, but who wants to live in an institution?
KATHARINE HEPBURN
Marriage is a wonderful institution, but who wants to live in an institution?
GROUCHO MARX
Marriage is a wonderful institution...but who wants to live in an institution?
GROUCHO MARX
Marriage is a great institution, but who wants to live in an institution?
MARX GROUCHO
Marriage is a great institution, but I'm not ready for an institution.
MAE WEST
42% of our management team are women. So we've reset the goal to 50% by 2017. Because that's...
GAIL KELLY
Marriage is a wonderful institution, but who would want to live in an institution?
H. L. MENCKEN
Marriage is a wonderful institution, but who would want to live in an institution.
H. L. MENCKEN
Marriage is the only institution in life where the word familiarity becomes familiar.
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN)
'Vogue' is a very beautiful magazine, an institution, and I learned so much working there.
CARINE ROITFELD
Marriage is a fine institution, but I'm not ready for an institution.
MAE WEST
Marriage is a great institution, but I'm not ready for an institution.
MAE WEST
The more rational an institution is the less it suffers by making concessions to others.
GEORGE SANTAYANA
An historic institution, which never went right, is really quite much of a miracle as an institution...
G.K. CHESTERTON
An institution rooted in slavery can never set us free.
DASHANNE STOKES
It seems to me that Sotheby's is very much like the British monarchy: an old and apparently very...
ROBERT LACEY
An institution is the lengthened shadow of one man.
RALPH WALDO EMERSON
Marriage is a great institution, but I'm not ready for an institution yet.
MAE WEST
We try to target our examinations to the specific activities of an institution and those that repres...
BARBARA GRUNKEMEYER
Oprah is more than an institution. Oprah is a very special star in the firmament. I can't imagin...
PHIL DONAHUE
It's an opportunity to draw the entire community together. Not to focus on a man, but to focus on th...
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Research is creation of knowledge which leads to new and efficient solutions for the society. Shiv N...
SHIV NADAR
Each institution is unique in terms of its connection to the community, its alumni, as well as its a...
JOSEPH SERTICH
Shiv Nadar University was established in 2011, and our first batch graduated in 2015. The first batc...
SHIV NADAR
We now only have one institution and that is our church -- we all belong to it.
VUK DRASKOVIC
This is not a question of one man, but of an institution that needs to be reformed.
GUIDO TABELLINI
We are the only flagship state institution that is serving a Hispanic population and also is a major...
LOUIS CALDERA
Here is one fact 1 minute to finish the class, 1 day to die, one day behind that fact, one day in th...
DEYTH BANGER
I can say without hesitation that there is certainly no greater show to be a contestant on than '...
RANDY WEST
The institution of marriage should be re-examined because of its overwhelming claustrophobia. The od...
PETER BEARD
Any man," she muttered, "who wanted to marry into the Hathaway family after this should be shut away...
LISA KLEYPAS
I would found an institution where any person can find instruction in any study.
EZRA CORNELL
I think a craft becomes an art form when the space of possible solutions becomes so huge that engine...
BILL BUDGE
Iron Maiden is an institution, and I'm delighted that I'm involved in it, but there was a ti...
BRUCE DICKINSON
Progress toward opportunities to learn in a setting designed for higher education takes a giant step...
JAN BAILEY
It's more than a game. It's an institution.
THOMAS HUGHES
Bedlam: an institution with a history so fearsome it gave its name to a synonym for chaos and pandem...
JON RONSON
Every institution is responsible for creating an environment that's compliant, and if you have holes...
BUBBA CUNNINGHAM
It is up to African leaders to show their will and political courage in order to assure that this ne...
OMAR BONGO
An idea or institution may arise for one reason and be maintained for quite a different reason.
JOSEPH MCCABE
Any place that anyone can learn something useful from someone with experience is an educational inst...
AL CAPP
Any place that anyone can learn something useful from someone with experience is an educational inst...
AL CAPP
The Royal Academy of Dance is an institution that trains to a very high standard.
DARCEY BUSSELL
Marriage is an institution and that's where a couple finish up.
LES DAWSON
Iron Maiden is an institution, and I'm delighted that I'm involved in it, but there was a time that ...
BRUCE DICKINSON
He's redefining a tradition that traditionally excluded African Americans and arguing that you can t...
JANET DAVIS
The church is the only institution in Serbia with credibility now, and it has pledged to take an act...
ZORAN DJINDJIC
the church was an international institution long before globalization.
SHANE CLAIBORNE
The institution of Royalty in any form is an insult to the human race.
MARK TWAIN
An institution rooted in slavery cannot be the voice of our people.
DASHANNE STOKES
They can't be an island. By being part of the community, you help yourself as an institution. Others...
BOB HASTINGS
Any man,” she muttered, “who wanted to marry into the Hathaway family after this should be shut ...
LISA KLEYPAS
In my opinion, the only real asset one has is one's reputation, right? I mean, any company and i...
ERIC BETZIG
We all want merit to mean something, and we all may be tempted to reduce that meaning to something m...
ERIC LIU
A museum more than just an institution that houses objects. We took a look at how the museum uses it...
JAN SMITH
The quality of leadership is already ingrained in everyone even if not demonstrated by someone, so n...
ANUJ SOMANY
[Democracy:] An institution in which the whole is equal to the scum of the parts.
KEITH PRESTON
For an institution that was brought to its depths, Citigroup has built one of the strongest franchis...
FRANK BARKOCY
A writer must refuse to allow himself to be transformed into an institution.
JEAN-PAUL SARTRE
Religion is not a book, it is not an institution, and it is not even a person. True Religion is real...
ABHIJIT NASKAR
I don't believe that someone who sets up an institution should be able to take out the money fro...
PALLAM RAJU
If he's ready to retire, then it's time for him to retire. Change in leadership is always an ongoing...
GERALD TURNER
No one reaches the Oval Office without a great deal of admiration for the institution - and himself ...
ANTHONY MARRA
I'm not sure I anticipated how far and how fast this institution would move academically, but I did ...
DENVER JOHNSON
Slavery is an institution for converting men into monkeys.
RALPH WALDO EMERSON
I've said all along it's a humbling experience being at UCLA. Extremely proud, extremely ble...
STEVE ALFORD
It is statistically proven that the strongest institution that guarantees procreation and continuity...
ALVEDA KING
Unfortunately, in this particular case, some of our initial communication played out in a way that w...
MIKE ALDEN
There was a time in my life that my mother told me that they didn't know whether they were going...
ELLEN GREENE
The Congress is a dysfunctional institution; it's broken. One of our three branches of governmen...
CARL BERNSTEIN
The great and invigorating influences in American life have been the unorthodox: the people who chal...
WILLIAM O. DOUGLAS
Having an institution like [the CDC] says something about our values.
MARY SHAPIRO
When a change in how some element of one's business is conducted becomes an order of magnitude l...
ANDY GROVE
Within the Times, there's a great deal of concern about how this is going to reflect on the Times as...
ALEX JONES
You find people doing bad things, whether it's in a community setting or in an institution. But in m...
DON PUTNAM
It's part of taking every step necessary to return the institution to normal operations.
DIANE WIFFIN
The marriage of a man and woman is the most enduring human institution, honored in all cultures and ...
JEFF MILLER
It's an institution, it's a gathering place. It's a real part of the community.
BILL WOOD
Government is the only institution that can take a valuable commodity like paper, and make it worthl...
LUDWIG VON MISES
is the first to recognize the need for the fiscal and administrative reforms at the institution that...
TOM LANTOS
One of the premises of free market capitalism as an institution, as wrong headed as it might be, is ...
CRAIG DUNN
Citigroup was a substantial participant as a financial institution involved in Enron. ... This will ...
WILLIAM LERACH
Not only is the statistical madness an assault on individuality, it's also one on temporality to...
WILL SELF
It was an individual initiative. The tribe as an institution did not take the lead here.
BRUCE MACDONALD
It's an institution. It is where all politicians that are serious politicians make it a point to com...
CYNTHIA SAKULENZKI
While I believe in marriage as an institution, I am also petrified of it.
SHAHID KAPOOR
One column of truth cannot hold an institution of ideas from falling into ignorance. It is wiser tha...
BRYANT H. MCGILL
would like to extend a helping hand to any displaced students who may wish to enroll in our institut...
BARBARA DIXON
I think it'd be useful for parents to know kind of what is the culture of an institution.
MARGARET SPELLINGS
I was looking for a new challenge and got an interest in trying to make a difference for families. Y...
JIM JORDAN
When a village ceases to be a community, it becomes oppressive in its narrow conformity. So one beco...
PAUL GOODMAN
I'm incredibly excited to be joining the 'Doctor Who' family. It's such an extraordi...
PEARL MACKIE
What a thrill it is to have my writing recognized by an institution as admirable and vital as the Na...
DEAN BAKOPOULOS
I love marriage. I think it's a wonderful institution and it's the most important decision y...
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