• In the academic world, most of the work that is done is clerical. A lot of the work done by professors is routine.

    Noam Chomsky: In the academic world, most of the work that is done is clerical. A lot of the work done by professors is routine.
    "THE WAY WE LIVE NOW: 11-02-03: QUESTIONS FOR NOAM CHOMSKY; The Professorial Provocateur". Interview with Deborah Solomon, www.nytimes.com. November 2, 2003.