Check yourself Quote by Alexandra Petri

Sometimes you have Harvard undergraduates who stun you with the depth of their knowledge. That is why it is great to be at a…

— Athanasios Orphanides

If you're last in your class at Harvard, it doesn't feel like you're a good student, even though you really are. It's not smart…

— Malcolm Gladwell

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 international reputation…

— Alexandra Petri

I don't get a lot of "Hey, Harvard!" stuff. I think a lot of people who don't know me would be surprised to think…

— Dean Norris

I didn't go to Harvard because I thought they had good academics. I went because they had crappy enough sports so they'd let me…

— Anonymous

You have to be really tenacious. You have to keep at it. There are many roads to get there. If you can get yourself…

— Louis C. K

“What we're really sending you to Harvard for is to get a little of the educations that's so good and plenty there. When it's…

— George Horace Lorimer

Do I miss Harvard? Not for a second. With a few exceptions... those four years are ones I would rather forget.

— Charlie Baker

Not a Harvard-type education, just a not-sticking-up-a-liquor-store-type education.

— Chris Rock

I'm an ambitious person, and Harvard makes me feel successful, just having gotten in here. That's the ugly side of why I'm proud of…

— Scott Turow

As you leave these gates and re-enter society, one thing is certain. Everyone out there is going to hate you. Never tell anyone in…

— Conan O'Brien

I went into Harvard one way and came out a different person... It's the air at Harvard; it's like a Renaissance court.

— Erich Segal