Ivory towers are as rare as bowling alleys in tribal cultures. Terry Eagleton
Scientists are supposed to live in ivory towers. Their darkrooms and their vibration-proof benches are supposed to isolate their activities from the disturbances of common life. What they tell us is supposed to be for the ages, not for the next election. But the reality may be otherwise. Simon LeVay
What debaters in ivory towers often fail to realize is that when it comes to achieving well-defined goals, both theism and atheism can work. Varadaraja V. Raman
It's a fallacy that writers have to shut themselves up in their ivory towers to write. I have all these interruptions, three of which I gave birth to. If I was thrown for a loop every time I was distracted I could never get anything done. Jodi Picoult