[beaconstudios]

> Also, when academics are getting paid less, I feel like they gain some of their status by lording their power over other people, which is known to be part of the academic game.

"Academic politics is the most vicious and bitter form of politics, because the stakes are so low." - Wallace Stanley Sayre

[aborsy]

Or Henry Kissinger

[cbanek]

You have both earned upvotes and my unending love for this wonderful quote I never knew existed. I will be using this, mark my words.