--- title: "Best Stanford Words" description: "Browse 166 Stanford quotes by 116 authors. Discover the best Stanford sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eec/philip-zimbardo-8654_commit_we-all-like-to-think-that-the-line-betwe_2190546.png" --- > [We all like to think that the line between good and evil is impermeable--that people who do terrible things, such as commit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-zimbardo/we-all-like-to-think-that-the-line-between-good-and-evil-is/) [Philip Zimbardo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-zimbardo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eec/philip-zimbardo-8654_commit_we-all-like-to-think-that-the-line-betwe_2190546.png) > [ I didn't grow up with \[Buckminster Fuller\]. I never met him. I was once close to meeting him as a child at… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathon-keats/i-didn-t-grow-up-with-buckminster-fuller-i-never-met-him-i-was-once/) [Jonathon Keats](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathon-keats/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dde/jonathon-keats-10822_archives_i-didn-t-grow-up-with-buckminster-fuller_3035794.jpg) > [I lost the conviction that lights would always turn green for me, the pleasant certainty that those rather passive virtues which had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-didion/i-lost-the-conviction-that-lights-would-always-turn-green-for-me-the/) [Joan Didion](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-didion/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/21f/joan-didion-497_amulets_i-lost-the-conviction-that-lights-would_1784127.jpg) > [I naively chose a college that was almost as expensive as Stanford, and all of my working-class parents savings were being spent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-jobs/i-naively-chose-a-college-that-was-almost-as-expensive-as-stanford/) [Steve Jobs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-jobs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/144/steve-jobs-307_class_i-naively-chose-a-college-that-was-almos_1953345.jpg) > [It was great to go to Stanford. Until that point, I'd spent my whole life in southeast Michigan, working for General Motors.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-barra/it-was-great-to-go-to-stanford-until-that-point-i-d-spent-my-whole/) [Mary Barra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-barra/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/919/mary-barra-23037_country_it-was-great-to-go-to-stanford-until-tha_1624454.jpg) > [At 16, when I was at Henry M. Gunn High School, I had a crush on the English teacher, and my grades…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caroline-lawrence/at-16-when-i-was-at-henry-m-gunn-high-school-i-had-a-crush-on-the/) [Caroline Lawrence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caroline-lawrence/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b7c/caroline-lawrence-33495_around_at-16-when-i-was-at-henry-m-gunn-high-sc_2862718.jpg) ## Top authors on Stanford - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-philip-zimbardo-75426.jpg) Philip Zimbardo 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/stanford/philip-zimbardo/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-steve-jobs-87290.jpg) Steve Jobs 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/stanford/steve-jobs/) - [Devon Cajuste 7 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/stanford/devon-cajuste/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/stanford/#itemlist", "name": "Stanford Quotes", "numberOfItems": 6, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We all like to think that the line between good and evil is impermeable--that people who do terrible things, such as commit murder, treason, or kidnapping, are on the evil side of this line, and the rest of us could never cross it. 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