My family couldn't be more supportive. They're worried and they're always in my business, and my mother does send me grad-school applications… — Ana Ortiz Copy Share Image
So here's something I know to be true, although it's a little corny, and I don't quite know what to do with… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
Upper education used to open doors. Not so true anymore. The degree used to be a screening tool, but that is falling… — Dale Archer Copy Share Image
I was an undergrad math major and a grad student in computer science. I'm hugely introverted, not atypical of math majors. — Judith Faulkner Copy Share Image
Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." "Don't… — Dr. Seuss Copy Share Image
I feel like no matter what happens in my career endeavors after today, going to grad school is one of the best… — Gene Weingarten Copy Share Image
My odyssey to become an astronaut kind of started in grad school, and I was working, up at MIT, in space robotics-related… — Michael J. Massimino Copy Share Image
Some Poor grad student pressing on the flanks of a hamster and out comes a doctorate on the other side — Robert M. Sapolsky Copy Share Image
As long as I'm dealing in honesty, I may as well admit that I have been more influenced (as a person) by… — N.D. Wilson Copy Share Image
I did a lot of theater in college, and I knew that not many people make it, but I just figured, 'Well,… — Hank Azaria Copy Share Image
And Lopate's anthology helped a lot too. It came out the same year I started grad school, and I remember the book's… — John D'Agata Copy Share Image
I'm talking to anyone who has been dumped - have not gotten the job you really wanted or have received those horrible… — Jill Abramson Copy Share Image
I went to grad school in San Francisco, and then left for New York City with my eye on Broadway. I had… — Anika Noni Rose Copy Share Image
If I'm not in the dead heat of working on something, I can end up spending tons and tons of time on… — Susan Choi Copy Share Image
We hear the stories every day now: the father who puts on a suit every morning and leaves the house so his… — Mitch McConnell Copy Share Image
I think that relations between professors and grad students can be messy and not entirely boundable. Part of the problem is that… — Laura Kipnis Copy Share Image
In this knowledge-worker age, it's now increasingly tied to doing well in school so you can get into better grad schools so… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
When I finished grad school, I sort of fell into journalism. Someone mentioned that there was an entry-level job at the Reuters… — Wolf Blitzer Copy Share Image
I just had too much fun in college. I did well enough to get by, but not enough to get into grad… — Bob Baffert Copy Share Image
I went to college, grad school. I got an M.B.A., had a really cush corporate job. But I was just bored stiff.… — Dean Karnazes Copy Share Image
My brand is good storytelling. I really want [my company] Hillman Grad Productions to be associated with great stories, interesting characters; things… — Lena Waithe Copy Share Image
Grads need to remember that it's [showcases] just a jumping off point for their career, not the defining moment. — Rachel Hoffman Copy Share Image
I was a grad student at UC Berkeley when I bought my Apple II and it suddenly because a lot more interesting… — Andy Hertzfeld Copy Share Image
I want to qualify for the Tour Championship. Being a Georgia Tech grad, playing at East Lake would feel like home. — Matt Kuchar Copy Share Image
As frustrating as my time in grad school felt, it also helped tremendously because it challenged me to figure out what it… — John D'Agata Copy Share Image
I think we'd all hate to be the one who gets declared undateable by one's entire grad-school population based on a couple… — Carolyn Hax Copy Share Image
Competition in rowing doesn't just come from other countries. It comes from Wall Street, med school, law school. You think Harvard and… — Mike Teti Copy Share Image
There are the relationships you make. All of the friends I made in grad school are the closest ones that I have. — Alfonso Gomez-Rejon Copy Share Image
I have a simple algorithm, which is, wherever you see paid researchers instead of grad students, that's not where you want to… — Larry Page Copy Share Image
I'm not a Dickens guy. In grad school I had to take at least one course on the Victorians, so I took… — Lev Grossman Copy Share Image
As a freshman in college, I was having a lot of trouble adjusting. I took a meditation class to handle anxiety. It… — Daniel Goleman Copy Share Image
If start-up activity is the true engine of job creation in America, one thing is clear: our current educational system is acting… — Michael Ellsberg Copy Share Image
I remember getting out of grad school and coming to New York and not wanting to get a teaching job because I… — Brice Marden Copy Share Image
I studied at UC Santa Cruz before going on to do a grad program at UCLA. Santa Cruz was like an awesome… — Aaron Koblin Copy Share Image
It's the uncertainty, the challenge and the willingness to put it all on the line that draws a lot of people to… — Mark Udall Copy Share Image
I always wanted to live in L.A. The other thing that always inspired me was movies; that's why I'm here. I always… — Jeff Vespa Copy Share Image
I graduated college in 2010, I thought I'd go to grad school then and I was accepted under a different program and… — Tecia Torres Copy Share Image
There was an Israeli artist who was in grad school with me. I remember trying to get to know him on a… — Jill Soloway Copy Share Image
I felt a little lost as a student. At Iowa, I felt as if I had gotten into this program that was… — John D'Agata Copy Share Image
The most fun thing about doing the show is that, as a nerd, the fun has been in learning and having it… — Steven Yeun Copy Share Image