--- title: "143 Princeton Quotes by 106 authors" description: "Browse 143 Princeton quotes by 106 authors. Discover the best Princeton sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1db/jeff-bezos-1193_physics_i-went-to-princeton-specifically-to-stud_1799133.jpg" --- > [I went to Princeton specifically to study physics.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-bezos/i-went-to-princeton-specifically-to-study-physics/) [Jeff Bezos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-bezos/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1db/jeff-bezos-1193_physics_i-went-to-princeton-specifically-to-stud_1799133.jpg) > [I loved college, I loved Princeton.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mellody-hobson/i-loved-college-i-loved-princeton/) [Mellody Hobson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mellody-hobson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6cc/mellody-hobson-8989_college_i-loved-college-i-loved-princeton-299755_2997559.jpg) > [What's Princeton doing today?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-allsopp/what-s-princeton-doing-today/) [Christopher Allsopp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-allsopp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e37/christopher-allsopp-55890_princeton_what-s-princeton-doing-today-2125979_2125979.jpg) > [I went to Princeton, I minored in women's studies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-weiner/i-went-to-princeton-i-minored-in-women-s-studies/) [Jennifer Weiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-weiner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d2/jennifer-weiner-2358_princeton_i-went-to-princeton-i-minored-in-women-s_1260550.png) > [“Eating tater tots won't get me into Princeton.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-bentz/eating-tater-tots-won-t-get-me-into-princeton/) [Emily Bentz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-bentz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c78/emily-bentz-46218_quote_eating-tater-tots-won-t-get-me-into-prin_2093676.jpg) > [I left Princeton, but I graduated Harvard, in 1952.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-mathews/i-left-princeton-but-i-graduated-harvard-in-1952/) [Harry Mathews](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-mathews/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/889/harry-mathews-19208_harvard_i-left-princeton-but-i-graduated-harvard_1943735.jpg) > [I went to Princeton from Amherst, where I split my interests between mathematics and philosophy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-cole-kleene/i-went-to-princeton-from-amherst-where-i-split-my-interests-between/) [Stephen Cole Kleene](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-cole-kleene/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/775/stephen-cole-kleene-28529_mathematics_i-went-to-princeton-from-amherst-where-i_1800085.png) > [It was clear to me that if I could get through Princeton at the top of my class, I could do anything…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelle-obama/it-was-clear-to-me-that-if-i-could-get-through-princeton-at-the-top/) [Michelle Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelle-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ff/michelle-obama-518_anything_it-was-clear-to-me-that-if-i-could-get-t_1324981.jpg) > [I went to Princeton High School when I was very serious about being an artist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lithgow/i-went-to-princeton-high-school-when-i-was-very-serious-about-being-2/) [John Lithgow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lithgow/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b1b/john-lithgow-2438_art_i-went-to-princeton-high-school-when-i-w_3102270.jpg) > [I went to Illinois. Most people think I went to Princeton or something. But I was never a diligent student.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-holzhauer/i-went-to-illinois-most-people-think-i-went-to-princeton-or-something/) [James Holzhauer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-holzhauer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3db/james-holzhauer-8135_never_i-went-to-illinois-most-people-think-i-w_251453.jpg) > [The strength of my Princeton teams has always been attitude, intelligence and discipline.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pete-carril/the-strength-of-my-princeton-teams-has-always-been-attitude/) [Pete Carril](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pete-carril/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff4/pete-carril-25162_attitude_the-strength-of-my-princeton-teams-has-a_2491556.jpg) > [I've been studying mutual funds since 1949, when I began researching my senior thesis at Princeton University.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-c-bogle/i-ve-been-studying-mutual-funds-since-1949-when-i-began-researching/) [John C. Bogle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-c-bogle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/46e/john-c-bogle-2199_mutual-funds_i-ve-been-studying-mutual-funds-since-19_1868444.jpg) > [Just delivered Class Day address at Princeton. Should have actually written a speech. Congrats to my niece Maggie.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-carell/just-delivered-class-day-address-at-princeton-should-have-actually/) [Steve Carell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-carell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f03/steve-carell-2000_quote_just-delivered-class-day-address-at-prin_934494.jpg) > [God invented space so that not everything had to happen in Princeton.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/god-invented-space-so-that-not-everything-had-to-happen-in-princeton/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f3/anonymous-1_god_god-invented-space-so-that-not-everythin_2078497.jpg) > [Competition in rowing doesn't just come from other countries. It comes from Wall Street, med school, law school. You think Harvard and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-teti/competition-in-rowing-doesn-t-just-come-from-other-countries-it-comes/) [Mike Teti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-teti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/520/mike-teti-67931_competition_competition-in-rowing-doesn-t-just-come_977644.png) > [Princeton University's campus environment presents unique challenges and opportunities for architecture to act as a social condenser.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-holl/princeton-university-s-campus-environment-presents-unique-challenges/) [Steven Holl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-holl/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eb9/steven-holl-32390_act_princeton-university-s-campus-environmen_1126819.png) > [I certainly learned how to break down a text at Princeton, which helps me break down a script - or at least…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wentworth-miller/i-certainly-learned-how-to-break-down-a-text-at-princeton-which-helps/) [Wentworth Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wentworth-miller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/21b/wentworth-miller-6559_break_i-certainly-learned-how-to-break-down-a_2518211.jpg) > [I was a professor at Princeton University. And, in that capacity, I studied for many years the role of financial crisis in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-bernanke/i-was-a-professor-at-princeton-university-and-in-that-capacity-i/) [Ben Bernanke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-bernanke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/024/ben-bernanke-1388_crisis_i-was-a-professor-at-princeton-universit_1630964.png) > [A Princeton education sets you up for life: you have learned how to learn, and at a time when technology has changed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maria-ressa/a-princeton-education-sets-you-up-for-life-you-have-learned-how-to/) [Maria Ressa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maria-ressa/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8cd/maria-ressa-11796_education_a-princeton-education-sets-you-up-for-li_2878919.jpg) > [I have spent my years since Princeton, while at law school and in my various professional jobs, not feeling completely a part…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sonia-sotomayor/i-have-spent-my-years-since-princeton-while-at-law-school-and-in-my/) [Sonia Sotomayor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sonia-sotomayor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e6/sonia-sotomayor-1504_feeling_i-have-spent-my-years-since-princeton-wh_143699.jpg) > [When I was in architecture school at Princeton, the worst thing you could say about someone was that they were eclectic.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-hardy/when-i-was-in-architecture-school-at-princeton-the-worst-thing-you/) [Hugh Hardy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-hardy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f8d/hugh-hardy-42064_about_when-i-was-in-architecture-school-at-pri_1490920.jpg) > [The first time I set out to find George F. Kennan, in 1982, I had just turned 21, begun my final semester…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barton-gellman/the-first-time-i-set-out-to-find-george-f-kennan-in-1982-i-had-just/) [Barton Gellman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barton-gellman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de1/barton-gellman-3126_astonishment_the-first-time-i-set-out-to-find-george_1289563.jpg) > [Only one American has given his life for Iranian democracy. He was a young idealist from Nebraska named Howard Baskerville. In 1907,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-kinzer/only-one-american-has-given-his-life-for-iranian-democracy-he-was-a/) [Stephen Kinzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-kinzer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/80a/stephen-kinzer-2514_against_only-one-american-has-given-his-life-for_431564.jpg) > [I've actually started a number of businesses in my career. So I'm 28 currently, but when I was about 16, I started…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aaron-patzer/i-ve-actually-started-a-number-of-businesses-in-my-career-so-i-m-28/) [Aaron Patzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aaron-patzer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/68c/aaron-patzer-14148_about_i-ve-actually-started-a-number-of-busine_2775182.png) > [What did I think of Princeton? Well, the answer to that question requires a story. When I first arrived, I looked around…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mohsin-hamid/what-did-i-think-of-princeton-well-the-answer-to-that-question/) [Mohsin Hamid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mohsin-hamid/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef5/mohsin-hamid-798_acid_what-did-i-think-of-princeton-well-the-a_2399666.jpg) > [ When I look at that record in light of the 1985 job application to the \[Ronald\] Reagan Justice Department, it's even more… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-kennedy/when-i-look-at-that-record-in-light-of-the-1985-job-application-to/) [Edward Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-kennedy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d8/edward-kennedy-3423_admission_when-i-look-at-that-record-in-light-of-t_2368110.jpg) > [I acted all the way up until Princeton. It was just one of my favorite extracurricular activities. Then I got to Princeton…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wentworth-miller/i-acted-all-the-way-up-until-princeton-it-was-just-one-of-my-favorite/) [Wentworth Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wentworth-miller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/77b/wentworth-miller-6559_acted_i-acted-all-the-way-up-until-princeton-i_2811057.jpg) > [ We don't like to talk about that in America, but there are classes in America. And she \[Julia Child\] was of a… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meryl-streep/we-don-t-like-to-talk-about-that-in-america-but-there-are-classes-in/) [Meryl Streep](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meryl-streep/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/218/meryl-streep-1078_america_we-don-t-like-to-talk-about-that-in-amer_1452252.jpg) > [I was fortunate to get a scholarship when I went to Lehigh University and Princeton. They were both wonderful schools. Somebody was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-iacocca/i-was-fortunate-to-get-a-scholarship-when-i-went-to-lehigh-university/) [Lee Iacocca](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-iacocca/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e7/lee-iacocca-3170_educate_i-was-fortunate-to-get-a-scholarship-whe_335121.jpg) > [Let Girls Learn issue has always been personal for me. I grew up in a working-class neighborhood on the South Side of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelle-obama/let-girls-learn-issue-has-always-been-personal-for-me-i-grew-up-in-a/) [Michelle Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelle-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ce/michelle-obama-518_aids_let-girls-learn-issue-has-always-been-pe_1609547.jpg) > [“I don’t struggle because I was always the stupidest kid in the class and the idea that I would ever be brilliant…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-j-cannell/i-don-t-struggle-because-i-was-always-the-stupidest-kid-in-the-class/) [Stephen J. Cannell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-j-cannell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/259/stephen-j-cannell-21054_princeton_i-don-t-struggle-because-i-was-always-th_2023445.jpg) > [Princeton has made an enormous difference in my life, and I am delighted to be able to express my gratitude in such…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gordon-wu/princeton-has-made-an-enormous-difference-in-my-life-and-i-am/) [Gordon Wu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gordon-wu/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d47/gordon-wu-59344_able_princeton-has-made-an-enormous-differenc_586647.jpg) > [Even more dramatic, Alex Todorov at Princeton has shown us that judgments of political candidates' faces in just one second predict 70…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-cuddy/even-more-dramatic-alex-todorov-at-princeton-has-shown-us-that/) [Amy Cuddy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-cuddy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e2/amy-cuddy-13505_alex_even-more-dramatic-alex-todorov-at-princ_1213930.png) > [Looking back over a decade one sees the ideal of a university become a myth, a vision, a meadow lark among the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-scott-fitzgerald/looking-back-over-a-decade-one-sees-the-ideal-of-a-university-become/) [F. Scott Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-scott-fitzgerald/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/22f/f-scott-fitzgerald-72_age_looking-back-over-a-decade-one-sees-the_1591120.jpg) > [“I entered Princeton University as a graduate student in 1959, when the Department of Mathematics was housed in the old Fine Hall.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phillip-a-griffiths/i-entered-princeton-university-as-a-graduate-student-in-1959-when-the/) [Phillip A. Griffiths](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phillip-a-griffiths/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/349/phillip-a-griffiths-269726_biography_i-entered-princeton-university-as-a-grad_2451857.jpg) > [And yet I know I am too young, that we're too young, for me to live my life only as it relates…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/megan-mccafferty/and-yet-i-know-i-am-too-young-that-we-re-too-young-for-me-to-live-my/) [Megan McCafferty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/megan-mccafferty/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/048/megan-mccafferty-1994_acceptance_and-yet-i-know-i-am-too-young-that-we-re_189545.jpg) > [Her blog was doing well, with thousands of unique visitors each month, and she was earning good speaking fees, and she had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie/her-blog-was-doing-well-with-thousands-of-unique-visitors-each-month/) [Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/82e/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie-505_absolute-love_her-blog-was-doing-well-with-thousands-o_1064089.png) > [ I was less angry at \[Carl\] Armstrong, though I was angry at the people who came to his trial: Dan Ellsberg, who… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nat-hentoff/i-was-less-angry-at-carl-armstrong-though-i-was-angry-at-the-people/) [Nat Hentoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nat-hentoff/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/162/nat-hentoff-1615_angry_i-was-less-angry-at-carl-armstrong-thoug_2131420.jpg) > [Princeton is a sublime undergraduate university. It has a good architecture school.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emilio-ambasz/princeton-is-a-sublime-undergraduate-university-it-has-a-good/) [Emilio Ambasz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emilio-ambasz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/880/emilio-ambasz-51416_architecture_princeton-is-a-sublime-undergraduate-uni_1236478.png) > [And then, when I left Princeton in the middle of my sophomore year, I went into the navy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-mathews/and-then-when-i-left-princeton-in-the-middle-of-my-sophomore-year-i/) [Harry Mathews](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-mathews/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd8/harry-mathews-19208_army_and-then-when-i-left-princeton-in-the-mi_302613.jpg) ## Top authors on Princeton - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-sonia-sotomayor-86182.jpg) Sonia Sotomayor 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/princeton/sonia-sotomayor/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-stephen-cole-kleene-86967.jpg) Stephen Cole Kleene 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/princeton/stephen-cole-kleene/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b009/author-f-scott-fitzgerald-34497.jpg) F. Scott Fitzgerald 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/princeton/f-scott-fitzgerald/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/princeton/#itemlist", "name": "Princeton Quotes", "numberOfItems": 40, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I went to Princeton specifically to study physics.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jeff Bezos" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-bezos/i-went-to-princeton-specifically-to-study-physics/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1db/jeff-bezos-1193_physics_i-went-to-princeton-specifically-to-stud_1799133.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1db/jeff-bezos-1193_physics_i-went-to-princeton-specifically-to-stud_1799133.jpg", "url": 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