"I see a humanities degree as nothing less than a rite of passage to intellectual adulthood"

As seen by the folk at Google: "There [is] no surer path to leaping dramatically forward in your career than to earn a Ph.D. in the humanities. Because the thought leaders in our industry are not the ones who plodded dully, step by step, up the career ladder. The leaders are the ones who took chances and developed unique perspectives." (Thank you Christina Rawls for calling my attention to it.)