“Merrill Lynch, on the other hand, was a white-shoe firm with a proud history of elitism. Its investment bank was blue-blooded in temperament and composition, recruited primarily from Ivy League schools, and did only the more lucrative work of advising… — Kevin Roose Copy Share Image
That has been one of the pleasant surprises of my semester - finding that some of my Liberty friends are still my friends, even… — Kevin Roose Copy Share Image
“by blitzing students with information and making the application process as simple as dropping a résumé into a box, by following up relentlessly and promising to inform applicants about job offers in the fall of their senior year—months before firms in most other industries—Wall Street banks had made themselves the obvious destinations for students at top-tier colleges who are confused… — Kevin Roose Copy Share
“You sort of lose your nonfinance friends,” he said. “My friend might be in Teach for America, and they can’t afford to go out to the places I go out. It’s shitty, because for the first time, it’s almost like money matters. In college, you’re all living in that dorm. Here, there’s hierarchy. And that level of spending, all the… — Kevin Roose Copy Share
“At most schools, the social, intellectual, and spiritual components are confined to separate experiential spheres. We party, we learn, and we contemplate the metaphysical,… — Kevin roose Copy Share Image
“The author's mentor advises the NAKED method of breaking the ice at the first meeting: Name, Address, Kin, Experience, and Dreams.” — Kevin Roose Copy Share Image
What President Obama has done so masterfully of late is to say, in so many words, "I'm signing this executive order permitting federal funding… — Kevin Roose Copy Share Image
“Christian pop culture can be worthwhile if done well, but bad Christian pop culture isn't redeemed merely by the fact that it's Christian.” — Kevin Roose Copy Share Image
“Seen at Liberty University: "I hope the Rapture happens before my student loans are due.” — Kevin Roose Copy Share Image
“If prayers emitted light, you'd see ours (Liberty students') from space.” — Kevin Roose Copy Share Image
