At Harvard, people like to impart the idea that you are a mover and shaker. — Alexandra Petri Copy Share Image
Harvard pulsates with life and thought of all kinds, and religion should not be left out of its ongoing discussions. — Alexandra Petri Copy Share Image
While MIT and the University of Chicago duke it out for the title of nerdiest school, James Franco and Renee Zellweger show… — Alexandra Petri Copy Share Image
At Harvard, where students tend to respond to real-world celebrities with the vague sense that they could do a better job themselves,… — Alexandra Petri Copy Share Image
Yale students want to impress you with what they're doing. Harvard students want to impress you with how cool they look while… — Alexandra Petri Copy Share Image
Nearly everything faith-related that I have done at Harvard has been followed by free food, from going to services at Harvard's Episcopal… — Alexandra Petri Copy Share Image
Being a person of faith is just another of a wide range of fun activities available to those who come to Harvard.… — Alexandra Petri Copy Share Image
Stereotyped as convention-going, pocket-protector-wearing, chess-playing, infrequently-showering types, nerds are one of our society's most ridiculed groups. And, for a university with an… — Alexandra Petri Copy Share Image
Everyone praises Harvard 'for the students.' But what makes Harvard's students so great is that they are, in many ways, a cross-section… — Alexandra Petri Copy Share Image
Harvard is nerd rehab. You have to check yourself in. Those who seek a school filled with self-proclaimed 'nerds,' seek elsewhere. Dropping… — Alexandra Petri Copy Share Image
Standup comedy was my weird hobby. I would drag my poor parents out to the only open mics that were in coffee shops instead… — Alexandra Petri Copy Share
You can be brilliant in some ways and despicable in others. You can be a clean, upright, moral individual in your private life who… — Alexandra Petri Copy Share
Success is like food caught in your teeth: much more noticeable when it happens to other people. If it happens to you, other people… — Alexandra Petri Copy Share
I majored in extracurriculars, honestly. I joined the Harvard Stand Up Comedy Society, which is a ragtag band of misfits. I wrote for 'On… — Alexandra Petri Copy Share
Dull words are what make many bright sentences shine. They do not call attention to themselves. — Alexandra Petri Copy Share
Bills ought to be passed with deliberation by committees. Change should be achieved in a bipartisan manner. Incrementally, day by day, we should reach… — Alexandra Petri Copy Share
Although no one explicitly wants a president who could have a reliable fall back career in stand-up comedy, everyone shudders at the thought of… — Alexandra Petri Copy Share
George Washington didn't have to make us laugh; he just had to establish precedents and avoid chopping down more cherry trees than he could… — Alexandra Petri Copy Share
At Harvard, people like to impart the idea that you are a mover and shaker. — Alexandra Petri Copy Share
It's easier to find the joke in something when you think, 'This - this is ridiculous.' — Alexandra Petri Copy Share
The desire for attention has become a primal need along the lines of food, water, and clothing. — Alexandra Petri Copy Share
The biggest way to be productive is if you're procrastinating on another more important project. — Alexandra Petri Copy Share
As long as cantankerous old people have existed, they have complained that kids nowadays don't seem to know anything. — Alexandra Petri Copy Share
